Every story has a beginning. Every fire starts with a spark.

Before Discarded and Provoked, there was Catalyst; the untold beginning. Haunted by a brutal home, shadowed by loss, and drawn into a world of dangerous choices, Jake stands at the edge of chaos, forced to survive a life that never promised safety.

Raw, dark, and unflinchingly human, this prequel pulls readers deep into the fractured world that shaped him. Against the backdrop of abuse, addiction, and survival, Catalyst explores how the people meant to protect us can break us; and how far one will go to escape the shadows of their past.

How much of who we are is carved by those who raise us? Can we break free from the damage of childhood? And once the fire is lit, do we have the power to extinguish it; or are we doomed to burn?

With taut suspense and relentless emotion, Catalyst is the story of the boy behind the man. The one who learns too young that life can take everything from you, and yet, somehow, you can still rise.