She’s a teenage queen. Her world is being drained. And the only person who can help her might be the one who broke her.

Willow is still figuring out how to rule when the Gloom begins stealing the magic, colour, and life from her kingdom. Then Rowena returns—her former best friend, now hollow, dangerous, and hiding secrets.

The Gloom isn’t a...

Hi. I’m Willow Summer. I’m sixteen, freshly orphaned, and currently following an escape plan my mum installed in my brain like a survival app.

The rules?
Grab a pre-paid ticket.
Find a train station that isn’t on any map.
Board a “ghost train.”
Get off at Blackthorn and live with my possibly mythical Aunt Ma in a village that may or may not exist.

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An oil-eating bug has infected the world’s oilfields and within weeks, it is a thing of the past. The world is thrust back into a primal age. Billions perish. The survivors gather in fragile camps, battling for the most basic necessities: fresh water, safety, sanity.

For Emily, Bird, Miriam, and their community, the struggle for survival is...