The Hidden Ones

It isn't illegal to be a Sympath, but it might as well be. Sera is a Sympath, but the stories say people like her are to be despised and feared, exiled or executed. They whisper things that you can only feel until you'll kill for them. You'll even die for them. Her twin brother, Gault, isn’t cut out for village life. Intelligent and ambitious, he looks forward to their coming-of-age when he can finally go to the city to make a name for himself. To protect her secret, Sera cannot risk leaving their secluded village. For the first time in their lives, they will be apart. During their final days together, the arrival of mysterious beings from beyond the sea throws the world into upheaval when the newcomers prove to be hostile, immensely powerful, and, Sera is horrified to discover, just like her.