Ysabel Viau

NOMAD-The Pursuit of Amélia Khan, Ysabel Viau’s first novel, tells the story of a Canadian freelance writer and globetrotting adventurer. At the dawn of adolescence, Amélia narrowly escapes death: upon disembarking the car on her way to school, it explodes taking her father’s life. After the traumatic event, Amélia finds solace in travelling. As her interests and work opportunities take her to Iceland, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Berlin, Spain, New York and South Africa, Amélia also performs often perilous missions assigned anonymously. If she ignores the author or purpose of these tasks, Amélia trusts her infallible intuition and the unwavering support of Andrey, her long-time accomplice and tech prodigy, to execute them. She is unaware of the extensive plot in which she is involved