Behind the Veil

The first novel of a four book series.In a Maryland suburb in the 1970s, Wendall Pickett has never slept a day in his life. Born a caulbearer—behind the veil—his eyes glint violet and gold in the dark. From the moment he arrives, his parents—Maggie, wrestling with her own inherited damage, and Percy, steady but quietly cracking—begin to pay the price of loving a child who is impossible in every wa...