In a drowned city where hope kills and dreams are deadly, not even your thoughts are your own…
Haunted 17-year-old outcast Cole is desperate to suppress her macabre obsession with the Mara-taken before she becomes the shapeshifting horrors’ next victim. But when a stranger with unsettling gold eyes offers a chance to escape her rule-bound existence, it—and he—prove a more dangerous distraction than she can afford. In a world where no choice is safe and no one can be trusted, can she weave the broken dreamers of her drowned city back to safety before its darkness swallows her whole?
The body count is on the rise—and the ghost who won’t leave her side isn’t the only one with something to hide…
Untangle the lies and unlock the secrets of the past in this multi-awarded, lush-and-labyrinthine, more-blood-than-kissing, gothic-dystopian coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy about the slow work of reclaiming stolen power, taking back your choices, and one haunted nd misfit unravelling monster-infested, post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver before it can tear her apart.
First in a completed trilogy by Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction and Best New Weird Horror-winning author K.A. Wiggins with echoes of Daughter of the Burning City, This Savage Song, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Masque of the Red Death.
Perfect for fans of Brenna Yovanoff, Laini Taylor, Holly Black, Seanan McGuire, T. Kingfisher, V.E. Schwab, and Melissa Marr.
What readers say:
★★★★★ “Hooks you from the first page, wishing you didn’t have to get some sleep, ‘cuz you just don’t want to put it down”★★★★★ “For readers who enjoy dark, mysterious, and creepy stories with amazing world-building and strong character development”★★★★★ “Absolutely captivated by the poetic imagery, scary monsters—the ending gave me goosebumps”2022 Whistler Independent Book Awards Shortlist, 2021-2022 ReaderViews Literary Awards Bronze, 2019 Page Turner Awards Book Spotlight Prize, Barnes & Noble Press “20 Favorite Indie Books of 2018”
Immerse yourself in a breathtaking fantasy that dives into the nightmare-ridden depths and comes up fighting!
