Sometimes, the bear chooses you.

Seventeen-year-old Lexi has been living in a remote stretch of the Rocky Mountains since her father dragged her – and her now-missing brother – there ten years ago, after the rest of their family was afflicted with a mysterious, magical sickness. Her paranoid father thinks they've escaped the "disease," and as long as they remain in the woods, they'll be safe.

But that fear means everyone is keeping secrets. Lexi can't tell him about her friend Gil, who pops up in the forest among a traveling stand of birch trees, who once saved her life – and who is definitely not human. She also can't tell her father about the magic Gil has shown her she possesses, which allows her to open the path to wherever she needs to go. Meanwhile, Gil has never told Lexi that he's hoping she'll join in a heated fight between magical creatures and humans … on the side of the fae. And that's not the only thing Gil's hiding, because he knows the true nature of forest guardian Artio, an enormous, godlike bear.

Everything changes when pop star T.J. Furey, his foster sister Steph, and T.J.'s manager Tony hire Lexi and her father to lead a hunt, with Artio as the target. If Lexi can't prevent Artio's death, she'll never see Gil again – but she can't do that without risking her father's wrath. When it turns out that Tony is harboring a dark past and a major grudge against all things magical, Lexi feels trapped. In order to save Artio, keep Gil, and escape the forest, Lexi is going to need all her heart, skills, and magic to open the true path to her – and humanity's – future.

Leave No Trace plays the clash of worlds – magic and technology, future and past, rural and urban – against the backdrop of a bear hunt and a war between fae and humans.

"The story is propulsive, engaging, and just plain old good. It's always a treat to read Randee's work!" — Zin E. Rocklyn, author of Flowers for the Sea

"Randee deftly weaves together Celtic lore and modern conspiracy theories, along with a healthy dose of modern pop music and the people left in a hit song's wake, to explore a near future where nothing is as it seems. As soon as you think you know where the story is heading, Dawn veers off course and leaves the reader stranded in the woods, literally and figuratively. A must-read." — Jennifer Allis Provost, author of The Poison Garden series

"A killer story. Characters leap off the page with delicious moral complexities. Randee has brought something unique and rich to the mythology of the fae, and that is no mean feat." — L.J. Cohen, author of Derelict and Litany for a Broken World

"From the instant I lift the cover of a Randee Dawn novel, I know I’m in expert hands. The opening lines of Leave No Trace deliver the compelling voice of a character we want to follow. Page by eagerly-turned page, we venture deeper into a world that extends far beyond the margins, into a story that continues to resonate when we’ve come to the end. Dawn is a storyteller of consummate skill, clarity, and startling vision, a revealer of beauty in unexpected places." — Frederic S. Durbin, author of A Green and Ancient Light and The Country Under Heaven

"With Celtic lore inspiration, this contemporary 'urban/fae' in the Rocky Mountains is one of those that is hard to fit on just one specific shelf or genre. It has magic realism elements, a fae world, but also incorporates some pop culture, including metal band references. The characters surprised us not only with their actions but also with their personalities, which is usually not what I have as a paradigm for some stereotypes. Not all are good people; some are morally grey, others are evil at the core.... Hard choices, surprising revelations at the end.... I loved the unseen concept. We all should cherish our unseen cores more (when they do good). It's an in-your-face, a lot happening sometimes gritty, with crude language, a story that brings some freshness to the fae genre." — ThereAreNoBadBooks (on Instagram)

"The imagery of mountain forests and the sense of a world teetering between the mundane and the mystical were vivid and immersive. Getting lost in the world of a book is so much fun and, in this regard, Leave No Trace truly transports. I also appreciated the premise. The idea of a hidden magical life butting up against modern intrusions is rich with possibilities, and the bear at the story’s center adds a compelling folkloric touch." — Jason Munoz, ThisDadReads

"Leave No Trace"