Andrea Rieck, a 24-year-old resident of Greenbank and alumnus of South Whidbey Academy, recently published her first novel, “Night Plague.”

“Writing is my escape. It’s what brings me joy. But the ultimate reward as a writer is when others read your work and you hope that it brings them just a bit of the same joy,” she said.

The book, a post-apocalyptic thriller, chronicles the final days of a disease-ridden world and the choices one young man makes when he finds himself forced to choose between dying peacefully or living a brutal, eternal life.

The young adult novel was published by Severed Press, an independent publisher of horror and science fiction, and is available for purchase from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and several other bookstores.

It should not be mistaken for Graham Masteron’s “Night Plague.”

Her urban fantasy serial novel, “Happy Birthday,” is available for free download online. Rieck uses the pen name Rowan Rook. More of her work can be found at rowanrook.com.