Second-generation lesbian Maze Lister planned to skip the treasure hunt. Sheβs read all the booksβtheyβre in her momsβ libraryβand doesnβt need the money. But a late night spent with charismatic athlete Lys Neil changes her mind. The two of them bond over their neurodivergent minds, even though they handle their ADHD in sharply different ways.
Maze and Lys decide to compete in the treasure hunt together, but chance puts them on competing teams within a group of students just as determined as they areβand willing to bend the rules. Secret teams form, accusations fly, and everyone starts to learn much more about themselves than they bargained for. Can they decode the stories and find the prize before a malevolent classmate turns them against each other and takes the treasure for herself?
Raised on world mythology, fantasy novels, comic books and magic, Rachel Gold is the author of multiple queer & trans young adult novels. She has an MFA in Writing, spent seven years as a reporter for a regional LGBTQ newspaper and fifteen years in corporate marketing. Sheβs an all around geek and avid gamer who teaches at the Loft Literary Center an annual class/game for teens called, βIβm Gaming as I Write This.β Even though sheβs been out since the age of 15, she still doesnβt know what to wear to queer events.