You ache. You hunger. The doctors tell you that you're fine, but you *know* there's something wrong. You can feel it in your blood.Anaheim, California is comprised of two types of people: duds and the afflicted (also called "initiates"). The former are your everyday, average folk, but the latter possess what is informally referred to as "the knack." An unusual sort of STD, the knack heightens a person's metaphysical abilities. It allows a person to perform "mind-magic" in the form of subliminal persuasion, lucid dreams, shape-shifting, and, even, the swapping of minds between bodies. The downside is that, once infected, a person becomes dependent on the essence / life force of others, and must continuously replenish his or her energies.The Knack is an urban horror novel told from the perspectives of three teenagers who possess metaphysical abilities, and whose somewhat vampiric dependence on one another leads them along a treacherous journey of self-discovery....More >< Less