RELEASE BLITZ: The Vanishing by Kelsey Crane

Today, we are thrilled to share this Release Blitz for Author Kelsey Crane's new book, The Vanishing, the first book in the The Exiles series. So... Be sure to check it out and start the series NOW!

Genre:

Young Adult

Fantasy/Supernatural

Mystery/Sci-Fi

Action/Adventure

Series:

The Exiles, #1

Publish Date:

August 18, 2026

Publisher:

Plant a Revolution LLC

Synopsis:

It all begins with a game. Six teenagers from around the world receive a mysterious VR headset and are dropped into RIZE: a hyper-realistic survival simulation game where the Earth still lives and breathes as it used to. But when tragedy strikes, the 17-year-olds are faced with a radical choice: to remain obedient heirs to a broken world or take their virtual civilization offline and build it for real.

In a daring heist, the six disappear. They flood the system with fake identities, hijack their supplies, and vanish into the Pacific Northwest to build The Ark: an off-grid homestead rooted in ancient wisdom, the science of permaculture, and the hope of creating a blueprint to save the world.

At first, The Ark feels like utopia. Spring brings blossoms and blurred boundaries. But love entangles. Ideologies fracture. Winter descends. A traitor is unmasked, and survival turns brutal. As the outside world hunts them, and the true creator of RIZE is revealed, cracks in their idyllic community begin to form. They had set out to save the world, but now they’re fighting to save themselves.

       

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Praise:

"At a time when dystopia has never felt so urgent and close to home, The Exiles is as prescient as it is a page-turner. Kelsey Crane crafts a world just a breath away from our own, where flawed, fierce teen heroes dare to reimagine their future—and in doing so, inspire her readers to believe in change. A bold, timely reinvention of the genre from a promising new voice in the YA space."

~Lauren Oliver, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and Delirium

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The Exiles series:

(covers link to Goodreads)

       

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**About the Author**

Kelsey Crane is a storyteller, gardener, and apprentice of regenerative living. A certified permaculturist and ambassador for the Rodale Institute, she learns from the teachers, growers, and Indigenous leaders quietly building the future, and brings what she gathers to the page with care and curiosity. 

Her fiction explores the collision of ecological collapse and radical transformation, always with unshakable optimism — a hope she holds, as a mother, for every child inheriting this world. Kelsey lives in Los Angeles with her family

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