NUMB: A Teen & Young Adult Fantasy

The Hollow Heart Saga Teen & Young Adult Fantasy Book 1

By: R.F. Price

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

He feels everything. She feels nothing. Destiny doesn’t care.

In Aetheria, emotions are magic. Rage burns as fire, joy shines as light, sorrow heals, fear becomes shadow, and love can bring life itself. Power is measured in resonance, and the strongest rule. The weak are controlled. The truly emotionless are executed—because the Numb are not supposed to exist.

Kira Vale wakes every morning and rehearses feelings she cannot truly experience. Smile. Laugh. Flinch. Pretend to be afraid. With the help of illegal emotional crystals, she fakes her way through a society that would kill her if it ever discovered the truth: Kira is Numb in a world that worships feeling.

When she is forced into the public Emotion Trials, her careful act becomes a deadly gamble. Each round is judged by Prince Caelan Thorne, an empath who lives drowning in everyone else’s emotions. He can read terror, joy, and rage in a heartbeat—until he touches Kira’s mind and finds only an impossible void.

As Caelan hunts for the lie behind her perfect performances, Kira is dragged into dangerous secrets the ruling Council will do anything to hide. Every test pushes her closer to exposure. Every encounter with the empath prince makes her question whether numbness is her shield…or her cage. If the truth comes out, it won’t just shatter her life. It could ignite all of Aetheria.

Perfect for readers who love dark, emotionally intense teen & young adult fantasy, NUMB begins The Hollow Heart Saga with a unique emotion-based magic system, slow-burn romantasy, and high-stakes political intrigue. If you’re looking for teen & young adult fantasy with a broken heroine, an empath prince who cannot read her, and a regime built on controlling what people feel, this book belongs on your shelf.

Inside this YA fantasy you’ll find:

• An original world where emotions fuel elemental power
• A heroine who must fake every feeling just to stay alive
• A prince whose empathy is both gift and prison
• Deadly Trials, dangerous secrets, and the first sparks of rebellion

Step into this gripping teen & young adult fantasy and discover what happens when a hollow heart is forced to choose between staying safely numb…or risking everything to finally feel.