Before We Collide
Published on 30. October 2025
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-3997-2878-2 (ISBN)
Description
'TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU REELING' HANNAH KANER
'HEART-POUNDING' SAMANTHA SHANNON
'CHARACTERS I WOULD DIE FOR' SAARA EL-ARIFI
A forbidden power. An impossible prophecy. Two hearts destined to collide.
A new fantasy standalone from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Until We Shatter, with an enemies-to-lovers romance, a disgraced seer, an enemies-to-lovers romance, and a cultist's plot threatening to destroy the world.
Raya Wryvern was supposed to be a prodigy. As the daughter of two powerful Shades - world-renowned for seeing the future - she was expected to graduate the Academy at the top of her class. Instead, she's failing. And the cost of failure is having her magic bound.
Desperate, Raya asks the future a forbidden question. But instead of an answer, it shows her the end of all magic and the death of her kind. And at the heart of the vision is Ezzo, the boy it claims she's destined to love.
Except Ezzo's not just a boy, he's an illegal half-Shade who's spent the last year drinking away his past, and he's not interested in the future - his or hers.
With time running out on a prophecy only she can see, Raya must convince Ezzo to help her decipher the vision - before it's too late to steer their fate onto a different path.
READERS LOVE KATE DYLAN
'Wild ride doesn't even begin to cover this book. Kate Dylan is a genius' ?????
'If you like messy relationships, a fast paced plot, quippy dialogue and unique magic systems, this book is for you. Get it on your reading lists!' ?????
'With a sickening crack, clink, crunch, Dylan will shatter your heart into a thousand pieces, leaving nothing behind but a jagged pile of shards and a deliciously devastating book hangover' ?????
'I truly believe this will be the next big fantasy book. It has everything you could want and need' ?????
'This was a wild ride of a read, high stakes magical heist, blackmail, found family, romance. I had a great time reading it, it also broke my heart once or twice but I couldn't put it down' ?????
'HEART-POUNDING' SAMANTHA SHANNON
'CHARACTERS I WOULD DIE FOR' SAARA EL-ARIFI
A forbidden power. An impossible prophecy. Two hearts destined to collide.
A new fantasy standalone from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Until We Shatter, with an enemies-to-lovers romance, a disgraced seer, an enemies-to-lovers romance, and a cultist's plot threatening to destroy the world.
Raya Wryvern was supposed to be a prodigy. As the daughter of two powerful Shades - world-renowned for seeing the future - she was expected to graduate the Academy at the top of her class. Instead, she's failing. And the cost of failure is having her magic bound.
Desperate, Raya asks the future a forbidden question. But instead of an answer, it shows her the end of all magic and the death of her kind. And at the heart of the vision is Ezzo, the boy it claims she's destined to love.
Except Ezzo's not just a boy, he's an illegal half-Shade who's spent the last year drinking away his past, and he's not interested in the future - his or hers.
With time running out on a prophecy only she can see, Raya must convince Ezzo to help her decipher the vision - before it's too late to steer their fate onto a different path.
READERS LOVE KATE DYLAN
'Wild ride doesn't even begin to cover this book. Kate Dylan is a genius' ?????
'If you like messy relationships, a fast paced plot, quippy dialogue and unique magic systems, this book is for you. Get it on your reading lists!' ?????
'With a sickening crack, clink, crunch, Dylan will shatter your heart into a thousand pieces, leaving nothing behind but a jagged pile of shards and a deliciously devastating book hangover' ?????
'I truly believe this will be the next big fantasy book. It has everything you could want and need' ?????
'This was a wild ride of a read, high stakes magical heist, blackmail, found family, romance. I had a great time reading it, it also broke my heart once or twice but I couldn't put it down' ?????
Reviews / Votes
**PRAISE FOR KATE DYLAN** UNTIL WE SHATTER submerges the reader into worlds unknown alongside characters I would die for. I flew through the pages, matching the thrilling and captivating rhythm of the plot. A heist, enemies to lovers and a hidden realm - need I say more? * Saara El-Arifi, #1 Sunday Times Bestselling author of Faebound * Until We Shatter catapults the reader into a story full of twists and turns that will leave you reeling. The world is full of magic and fraught with danger, and at its heart we have a found family who will stop at nothing to save each other. Dylan's writing crackles with spark and wit while dragging the stakes higher, bigger, sharper until the story explodes in a roar of colour. This book will take you for a ride and shatter you to pieces, then make you whole again * Hannah Kaner, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller * Kate Dylan proves she can dance between genres with this bold leap into fantasy - a kaleidoscope of rainbow magic, gripping intrigue, and the heart-pounding action that made Mindwalker such an adrenaline rush, all set in a vivid and dangerous world. Cemmy and her motley crew will steal your heart * Samantha Shannon, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of A Day of Fallen Night * Until We Shatter is a thrilling firework of a heist novel, sparkling with a ride-or-die found family, an explosive romance, and nail-biting twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page * Georgia Summers, Sunday Times bestselling author of The City of Stardust * Brilliant, bold and dazzling. Kate Dylan has created a kaleidoscope of dangerous powers and high-stakes adventure with a romance every bit as perilous. I devoured it * Bea Fitzgerald, Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen * Imaginative and fast-paced, Until We Shatter proves Dylan's signature voice carries over just as well into the fantasy genre. The magic system is creative and intriguing, the characters witty and capable in a way that makes them impossible not to root for. This is a must-read for fans of sky-high stakes, crushing the elite, and-of course-gutsy bisexuals committing crime * M.K. Lobb, author of Seven Faceless Saints * Before We Collide takes us back to an exhilarating and complex world of shadows, shades and hues, where two broken enemies edge towards love while trying to stop the disintegration of their intricate magic and the destruction of all they hold dear * Ruth Frances Long, author of The Book of Gold * Dylan transports us back once again into the thrilling world of shadows where the stakes are high, the action intense, and the romance is as perilous as it is enticing. A propulsive and imaginative enemies-to-lovers fantasy! * June CL Tan, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Darker by Four *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
N/A
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3997-2878-2 (9781399728782)
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Kate is a video editor by day, science fiction and fantasy author by night. Her love for creating new worlds is fuelled by a steady diet of coffee, books, and Marvel movies, and when she's not telling stories, you can find her haunting London cafes like an over-caffeinated ghost.