The release date for the English version of 'Valiant' by
Holly Black is Oct 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Valerie, who is seventeen, flees to New York City in an attempt to escape a life that has completely failed her. She adopts a new persona and befriends a group of squatters who reside in the maze-like subterranean system of the city.
However, there's something uncannily alluring about Val's new pals. And when one of them convinces Val to locate the hideout of an enigmatic creature in which they are all connected, Val finds herself caught between her dread of what her new pals are becoming into and her newfound love for an honorable monster.