When I Was Death FICTION / African American / General When she met Alden

When she met Alden

and our place within a system that dwarfs us

she offers us beautiful and unsettling new ways of seeing everyday life

where diamonds rain from the sky

A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them

When I Was Death FICTION / African American / General When she met AldenBy: Alexis Henderson Published by Penguin Group, 2026 03 03 A group of girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting speculative young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching. Roslyn isnt herself anymore. Its been a year since her sister, Adeline, died under mysterious circumstances, and Roslyn is still tormented by her absence. So when the elusive caravan of girls that Adeline spent her last summer with rolls back into town,