02/23/2026
Sharon Wagner
**Genre:** Sci-fi
Sharon is an award-winning author, inexhaustible travel blogger, spirit investigator (liquid, not ethereal), cat wrangler, and former illustrator of children’s books, including Maya Monkey. Creative from birth, she never stops imagining magical worlds to unravel with words. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her walking the beach, observing the waves, listening to birds, or curling a stiff drink. She splits her time between Minneapolis and Naples with her husband and mischievous cat.
Aspiring magician Esme Wright has a secret: she can levitate objects as effortlessly as humming a tune—no tricks required. But when she lands her first big break on The Morning Show: Live!, defying gravity goes horribly and embarrassingly awry.
She returns to her New York hotel room, where a mysterious reunion with her childhood friend, Joseph Estrada, instigates a vortex of levitation, both frightening and bizarre. It turns out Joseph has powerful secrets, too. He thinks Diablo possesses him, and after the tornado of toiletries in Esme’s hotel room, he can almost feel the fire consuming his toes.
Strange, erratic signs soon draw Esme and Joseph deeper into a sinister, supernatural puzzle.
The duo must uncover the truth, embarking on a jungle odyssey to unearth the secrets of their past, reuniting with their archaeologist fathers and following the path of jaguars, only to realize that the levitation game might be impossible to win—or survive—without answers from the stars.
