The Calling

Maya Delaney carries a paw-print birthmark that marks her as a skin-walker. She runs faster, climbs higher and sees better than almost anyone around her. The animals in the woods near her home draw her in, and she expects to Shift into one of them before long.

Maya also suspects that other people in her small town have unusual gifts of their own. When a forest fire forces her and her friends out of their homes, they believe someone set it on purpose.

Then the group is kidnapped. A helicopter crash leaves them stranded in the wilderness of Vancouver Island, with no supplies and nothing to rely on except their abilities.

This is the second book in the Darkness Rising trilogy, a young adult paranormal story that follows The Gathering. Romance runs alongside the danger and suspense. The question driving it is whether Maya and her friends can get home, and who wants them gone.