The Vanishing — Signed Hardcover

"A bold, timely reinvention of the genre."
— Lauren Oliver, New York Times bestselling author of Delirium

It all begins with a game. Six teenagers from around the world receive a mysterious VR headsetand are dropped into RIZE: a hyper-realistic survival simulation game where the Earth still lives and breathes as it used to. But when tragedy strikes, the 17-year-olds are faced with a radical choice: to remain obedient heirs to a broken world or take their virtual civilization offline and build it for real.

In a daring heist, the six disappear. They flood the system with fake identities, hijack their supplies, and vanish into the Pacific Northwest to build The Ark: an off-grid homestead rooted in ancient wisdom, the science of permaculture, and the hope of creating a blueprint to save the world. At first, The Ark feels like utopia. Spring brings blossoms and blurred boundaries. But love entangles. Ideologies fracture. Winter descends. A traitor is unmasked, and survival turns brutal. As the outside world hunts them, and the true creator of RIZE is revealed, cracks in their idyllic community begin to form. They had set out to save the world, but now they’re fighting to save themselves.

The Vanishing is Book One of The Exiles trilogy — a gritty, unrelentingly hopeful story about rebellion, regeneration, and the kind of hope that only comes when you've stopped waiting to be saved.

Every copy is signed by hand and includes a personalized note from Kelsey Crane.
No two are exactly alike.

Printed on groundwood paper — a more sustainable pulp process that uses whole tree fibers, less water, and fewer chemicals than conventional papermaking.

Because how a book is made matters as much as what it says.