Gone Girl meets Seed – a heart-racing YA thriller set in a cult that makes you question everything you thought you knew …

Esther is one of the four Special Ones. They are chosen by him to live under his protection in a remote farmhouse, and they must always be ready to broadcast their lives to eager followers in the outside. But on renewal day when he decides that a new Esther, Harry, Lucille or Felicity must take their place, the old ones disappear – forever.  The new ones don’t always want to come, but soon they realise.

Until one day Esther has a realisation of her own – and it changes everything. 

Perfect for fans of Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Heathfield and Sophie Mckenzie.

Em Bailey is an Australian writer living in Germany with her partner and daughter. Em used to be a new-media designer for a children’s television production house and is now a full-time author. The Special Ones is her second, much-anticipated novel for young adults. Her first novel, Shift, won the teens' choice Gold Inky Award in Australia and was shortlisted for a number of other awards.

About the author

Em Bailey is an Australian author currently living in Germany with her partner and daughter. Em used to be a new-media designer for a children’s television production house and is now a full-time author. Her first novel, Shift, was selected as a “notable book” in 2012 by the Children’s Book Council of Australia and in the same year it won the Gold Inky for best Australian YA novel which was such an exciting event that Em had to lie down for a week afterwards.