Debut novelist Scott Tracey sold Witch Eyes to Brian Farrey at Flux. The book is the first in a two-book deal negotiated for world English rights by agent Colleen Lindsay at FinePrint Literary Management.
Lindsay tells us more about this YA urban fantasy novel: “Think of it as Smallville meets a gay Romeo and Juliet. Braden is a seventeen-year old who—while perfectly well-adjusted and happy with his own homosexuality—is somewhat less well-adjusted to the new powers he’s come into as the illegitimate son of one of the most powerful warlocks in Washington State, heir to a dynasty whose existence he’s only recently become aware of.
“Braden has ‘witch eyes’, a condition that forces him to wear sunglasses 24/7. Without them, he sees the world as it truly is—a bright and alien encyclopedia full of memories, pain, and darkness. Though this vision makes him a formidable witch who can unravel spells with a glance, see through lies, and occasionally glimpse the past, it’s a gift tempered with pain and powerful migraines that worsen the longer he gives into them. Hoping for a fresh start and looking to find answers to his own background, Braden is lured to the town where he was adopted. There, he becomes part of a supernatural feud involving rival witch families, one that divides the town. Each side hopes to use him to achieve a final, vicious victory. To complicate matters more, Braden falls head over heels for Trey, the son of his father’s rival. As the battle lines are drawn, his new friends are on opposite sides of the conflict, the guy he’s fallen for is becoming his enemy, and tensions in town are escalating. If Braden can avoid becoming a sacrificial pawn, he might learn why he was born with the witch eyes, how to stop the feud, and find the normal life he was looking for.”