CT Lightner’s debut novel

Releases June 9th, 2026.

Not Born With Venom

A ghost, a fugitive, and a pride of lies find each other in the forest…

Seventy-five years ago, Casey died and re-awoke, invisible to humans. Five hundred years ago, the Wraith went on the run. She builds a new life, eager as stagnant water; he festers in his shadows, never resting.

When they happen across each other, they unexpectedly resurrect their pasts, tinker with magic and nature, and entangle in ways that barely sate their respective loneliness and hunger.

As other immortals close in, the Wraith and Casey must come to terms with what they have done, what they’ve failed to do, and worst of all, how to forgive themselves and create better things. All before they sunder humanity.

Again.