Fathom Fall [Hardcover]

The Maze Runnermeets Fortnite in this action-packed young YA about a boy who finds out the monsters from his favorite video game are real.

They came for our water, but they'll settle for your blood.

OnFathom Fall's leaderboard, player Wyatt DoctorDoctor Docherty ranks at number three. In real life, he's seen only as the privileged kid of head engineers at Hydrexo, the company that supplies 75% of North America's water. He has easy access while others must line up to pay exorbitant prices at public water taps, and he feels totally useless.

To prove he's more than a spoiled Water Baby, Wyatt wants to win the upcomingFathom Fallcompetition and finally make a name for himself. But when he starts seeing Bluddites  the water-guzzling monsters from the game  inreal life, Wyatt suspects that the tournament is about more than just prize money.

Wyatt wants towin, but as the tournament approaches, he starts to worry: Why won't anyone tell them what's really going on? Why would the game  the military, even  be training kids to hunt monsters for them? And how far is he willing to go to prove himself?

Set in a near-future, water-scarce Toronto,Fathom Fallis a high-octane speculative thrill ride that questions the ethics of new technology and how it defines our very reality.

Matteo L. Cerilli(he/him) is a trans masc author specializing in speculative fiction for all ages. His work includes the YA novelsLockjawandBad in the Blood, the middle gradeSomething's Up with Arlo, and various poems in various places. He currently lives in Toronto with his partner.
https://www.matteolcerilli.com/
@matteolcerilli

A visceral psychological thriller. . . . The writing is relentlessly intense anl“p