NANTUCKET

A Supernatural Thriller by David Inouye

DEFENDING THE NATION. SECURING THE FUTURE.

BUT AT WHAT COST?

A government telepath is sent to capture a dangerously powerful girl—and begins to question the system she has spent her life serving.

Available September 15, 2026 from Aethon Books

Akane Shiraishi serves the National Security Agency as a government telepath, using her abilities to support intelligence operations worldwide. She has spent her life believing her work keeps America safe, even when it demands sacrifices she would rather forget.

When U.S. intelligence detects a young and powerful Iranian telekinetic named Hana, Akane joins a covert team sent to take the girl into custody and prevent an upset in the global balance of power. The mission succeeds—but the injuries Hana sustains during her psychic manifestation force Akane to give a blood transfusion, uniting their minds in ways neither of them fully understands.

Tasked with helping the frightened girl adapt to a system built on secrecy and control, Akane becomes both handler and lifeline, even as she begins to question the institutions she has always trusted. But as her connection with Hana grows unstable, long-buried traumas rise to the surface—drawing them both toward Akane’s childhood home of Nantucket, where past and present intersect, and one impossible decision will determine whether she remains a protector or becomes the very thing she fears.

Blending high-concept speculative suspense with covert operations and deeply human stakes, Nantucket is a tense, character-driven supernatural thriller involving psychic powers and bureaucratic horror.

About David Inouye

David Inouye is a U.S. Army officer with a background in military intelligence. His stories blend the eldritch nightmares of cosmic horror with the terrifying bureaucracies of the defense and intelligence communities. He enjoys integrating topics and themes where his experience allows him to offer novel insights – privacy and espionage, the enduring effects of war, and Japanese-American internment are a few of the issues he has investigated in his recent works.