The Query Letter That Got Me an Agent
Dear (Agent name spelled correctly),
Reeking of cigarettes and sneaking into her window after last night's Smiths concert, Emerald Kipp watches as the sun dips backwards into the sky. The sixteen-year-old witch can't decide if she's still hung-over or if she really did reverse time. Coming from a lineage of Caribbean and South American witches, Emerald has always known she was magical, but after rewinding time like a VHS tape on her last day of high school, she discovers she's also a Timeteller – a class of time-bending witches so powerful, they were hunted to near-extinction long ago.
Despite the watercolor sky and talking neon signs, the NYC Magick world is a treacherous one, and skinstitchers , a class of witches who kill and absorb the power of other witches, soon make Emerald their target. With power hungry skinstitchers hunting her, Emerald must rely on an underground network of Magicks to help her on her journey. Solving the riddle requires not only trusting her new friends, but overcoming her crippling anxiety enough to trust herself.
RIDDLE OF THE TIMEKEEPER is a 99,000-word YA Urban Fantasy set in 1980's New York City. It combines THE CRAFT with SHADOWSHAPER and is a standalone novel with strong series potential. I am querying you because (brief explanation). Below please find my first twenty pages and a brief synopsis.
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