Dare Mighty Things

The Selection meets The 5th Wave in this heart-racing debut duology about a girl competing for a spot on a mysterious mission to the outer reaches of space.

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE: You must be gifted. You must be younger than twenty-five. You must be willing to accept the dangers that you will face if you win.

Eighteen-year-old Cassandra Gupta’s entire life has been leading up to this—the opportunity to travel to space. But to secure a spot on this classified mission, she must first compete against the best and brightest people on the planet. People who are as determined as she is to win a place on a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe.

Cassie is ready for the toll that the competition will take; the rigorous mental and physical tests designed to push her to the brink of her endurance. But nothing could have prepared her for the bonds she would form with the very people she hopes to beat. Or that with each passing day it would be more and more difficult to ignore the feeling that the true objective of the mission is being kept from her.

As the days until the launch tick down and the stakes rise higher than ever before, only one thing is clear to Cassie: she’ll never back down...even if it costs her everything.

Secret Mission: Cassandra Gupta is one of sixty-three candidates vying for a single spot on a classified journey. But as the tests grow more dangerous, she starts to suspect the mission’s true objective is far deadlier than anyone is letting on. YA Thriller: Full of twists, betrayals, and conspiracies, this isn’t just a competition—it’s a deadly game where the prize might be survival itself. Found Family: She came to win, not to make friends. But Cassie soon finds herself forming unbreakable bonds with the very rivals she’s supposed to eliminate, including the enigmatic Luka and the loyal Emilio. Genetic Engineering: As a “designer baby,” Cassie was engineered for perfection. Now, she’ll have to push her enhanced abilities to the limit just to stay in the game.