Deborah J. Lightfoot

They destroyed her mind, hunted her kind, and left her powerless. They should have made sure she couldn't come back. In the remote prairie town of Purity, there are some who possess extraordinary powers of the mind. Their fate, if they are discovered, is death by a bullet to the brain. The wealthy, however, have an alternative way to die: they may submit to "therapy" - torture - at the Peaceful Hills sanatorium.
For most of the inmates, it is a worse death than a sniper's bullet. The asylum is brutally designed to snuff out every spark of psychokinetic power, turning a Syke's brain to mush. Few inmates survive. Devin Perridin does. She's the One Who Got Away. But can she find her way back into her right mind? And bring a long-overdue reckoning to the town of Purity and its house of horrors? To exact vengeance on those who put her in the asylum, and avenge the murders of her fellow Sykes, Devin will need the aid of a denim-clad desperado - and a generous helping of Old Magic. In a society that executes the gifted, survival becomes the first act of rebellion.
But survival was only the beginning. Vengeance is next."The pacing is tense and immersive, with a strong focus on psychological resilience and rebellion. It is a story of survival that steadily evolves into reckoning." -NewInBooks "Thematically rich, as Devin faces constant self-doubt but eventually comes to find empowerment in the unique abilities that have made her an outcast." -The Black List A post-apocalyptic, dystopian paranormal, dark fantasy Western