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The Phantom Beast
Paperback
Series: Seers, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 29 2025
Pages: 276
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.62 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Jake's best friend should be dead.
Buried underground for nine days, Johnny somehow survives. But when he returns, he sees strands of light woven through reality itself and insists that what people call real is not what it seems. Jake tells himself Johnny must be losing his mind. Until impossible things start happening to him too.
Blends ideas from Carlos Castaneda, A Course in Miracles, and Stranger Things. - Amazon Reviewer
As Johnny pulls Jake, Brooke, and Emma deeper into the truth, the boundaries between dreams and reality begin to collapse. Watsonville no longer feels safe. School feels different. Home feels wrong. Even the people they've known all their lives seem oblivious to the danger around them. Beneath their quiet town, something terrifying has noticed them. It flickers in the shadows, whispers in their minds, and waits for them to remember.
At first, Johnny's discoveries are exhilarating: strange worlds, unseen forces, and a hidden reality that bends to those who can truly see. But every revelation changes Johnny. The deeper he goes, the more consumed he becomes. Jake begins to realize he may not be trying to save his best friend... He may be watching him disappear.
Because seeing too much changes you.
And once you notice the truth, there's no way to stop seeing.
RECOVERED FROM THE JOURNALS OF AN UNNAMED BOY
Jake and Johnny begin as ordinary teenagers who learn they can bend reality itself. It emerges in small, quiet ways, then in ways that are impossible to hide. But each step deeper raises the same question: if reality bends to you, how do you know what's still real? At its heart, this is a story about fractured friendships, obsessive curiosity, and what happens when someone you love becomes unrecognizable.
What Readers Are Saying:
The writing alone makes it unforgettable. - Reedsy Discovery
Wildly imaginative, mind-blowing, and vividly immersive. What a rush! - Travis Borne Reviews
Beautiful, eerie, and unsettling in the best way. Extraordinary. - The Page Ladies Book Club
Completely swept me off my feet. - Goodreads Reviewer
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