The Headfirst Dare
Some doors should not be kicked in.
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel by M. D. Osborne
Alli Callahan has never met a rule she couldn’t outrun or a plan she couldn’t improve by doing it faster. Now that she can see the war behind the world, she is finished waiting around. If the Watchers will not take the fight to the gray, Alli will.
But the enemy has been laying traps since long before Alli began making plans, and the one waiting for her has her name on it. When her boldness leads the little ones into real danger, only a warrior of light gets them out alive.
Alli runs headfirst into a truth harder than any dare: that being fearless is not the same as being wise, and that the strongest thing a fierce heart can do is let itself be led. The old groundskeeper understands that better than she knows, for he once believed he knew better than the rules, too.