Return to the shadows with Ethereal Discernance, the sequel to the supernatural thriller Ethereal Malignance by Australian author D.P. Vaughan.

When Brooke Walsh is attacked by a man on campus late at night, a katana-wielding motorcyclist strikes him down. She flees to her dormitory, covered in the man’s blood but relieved to have escaped. And then he stalks her.

With a seemingly unkillable pursuer, her choices are to face him alone or take her chances with the armed motorcyclist. But is she truly safe when her rescuer takes her to a suburban safehouse with blacked-out windows and lead-lined walls—owned by someone who hasn’t seen the sun in ten years?

In a city quietly infested by ‘ethereal beings’—terrifying entities that possess the bodies of the dead to blend in unnoticed—Brooke faces the consequences of choosing to enlist in a private war.

Ethereal Discernance is a relentless tale of trust, debt and complicity in the fight against otherworldly terror. If you’re a fan of gritty, grounded thrillers where ordinary people confront extraordinary horrors, this book is for you. If you haven’t read Ethereal Malignance, you won’t be lost—no more than Brooke herself is, at least.

D.P. Vaughan is an Australian author who writes speculative fiction thrillers for adult readers. Her works focus on marginalised people.

She grew up in Townsville, and moved to Brisbane to study music composition and later earned her master's degree as a specialist English teacher.

She has an avid interest in history, science and linguistics, and lives with her children in a quiet suburb of Canberra where she teaches English to adult migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.