Desperate Wishes

In the not distant future, civilization as we know it is unrecognizable. People are property, and names are stripped away, replaced by obligation.

Mackenna is treated as less than a person, as lesser than a beast. In her pain and rage, she opens herself to a voice that promises the fires of change.

Praise for Desperate Wishes:
"With DESPERATE WISHES, Candace Nola offers a glimpse of the terrible through bright and beautiful prose. She shows that the worst of monsters is what lurks in their very human hearts, and that the line between justice and vengeance is uncomfortably thin. Be careful what you wish for." - Mary SanGiovanni, author of THE HOLLOWER

"In Candace Nola's DESPERATE WISHES, the main character, Mackenna, is used in the worst ways, in a not distant future where females are owned by powerful and abusive men. She meets an invisible spirit who offers to make any wish come true. Nola's powerful writing in this beautifully raw book takes us through the journey of Mackenna's obvious wish and how she has to embrace her shattered (but not completely broken) soul to use the rage released to help her wish come true, and become the change needed for others."-Linda D. Addison, award-winning author, HWA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and SFPA Grand Master.

"DESPERATE WISHES starts as a brutal tale of revenge but evolves into so much more. And it is all delivered by one of THE best writers working in horror today. A phenomenal story." - Lee Mountford, author of THE HAUNTED COLLECTION and the DARKFALL series

"Filled with a fiery and righteous anger, DESPERATE WISHES is a beautifully brutal fantasy tale of pain, magic and glorious comeuppances. A dystopian near-future setting peopled with empathetic, real characters you can root for, this page-turning read evokes grief, fury, hope and triumph with deft skill." - Laurel Hightower, author of BELOW and CROSSROADS

"Righteous rage is the fuel of the engine of revolution, and this book contains scores of it. Nakedly brutal, unflinchingly honest, and astoundingly nightmarish, this book will ignite within the reader a fire that burns for the plight of Mackenna. Aided by supernatural elements, this story delivers true horror. Candace Nola proves that she gets better with every book." - Somer Canon, author of YOU'RE MINE.

"Take a little HANDMAID'S TALE, mix in some 1,001 NIGHTS and THE MONKEYS PAW, and you have the barest idea of what DESPERATE WISHES has in store for you. Candace Nola drags the reader through the darkness, scraping away skin and muscle, in this timely tale of revenge and restitution, magic and hope." - Brennan LaFaro, author of the SLATTERY FALLS trilogy

"In an apocalyptic world, women are nameless, viciously abused as slaves and breeders. In this almost allegorical novella, Makenna is an unforgettable beacon of female empowerment, leading the oppressed to an uprising. Beautifully written, the brutality within these pages sears into your mind, in a story so intense it makes THE HANDMAID'S TALE look like a Pixar production." - Jill Giradi, author of HANTU MACABRE