Threads of Dreams

The climate apocalypse meets monsters of myth & legend in a heartbreaking villain origin (short) story. Her secret was supposed to save the world. But when the tide turns against her, there's only one way to keep from going under. Sacrifice. Brilliant academic, driven young professional, cynical wife, and reluctant mother, Maryam Ajera's ambition knows no bounds. She'll do whatever it takes to rise to the top. But when her secret mission to stop the end of the world is hijacked by tragedy, the monstrous intelligence possessing her dying city forces her to choose between surrendering her life or signing on for an eternity of sacrifice. In a city overrun by monsters, she's not the only one who'll pay the cost. Before her deal with the devil, Maryam Ajera was anything but ordinary. Read the letter she can never send to the son she can never acknowledge confessing the true story of their world before its fall. Discover the unexpected villain origin story of the unearthly mayor of the Towers of Refuge in this short spinoff to the “Threads of Dreams” series. Covers events leading up to “Blind the Eyes”, and can be enjoyed as a standalone or read at any point up to or following “Burn the Skies”. Ecopunk end of the world fiction for fans of post-apocalyptic, dystopian, antihero fantasy, morally grey characters, and tragic romance. Recommended for teen through adult readers.

In the City of Nightmares, one haunted girl is taking back more than just her dreams. In a drowned city on the edge of the sea lives a girl in a tower. Cole is nobody. One more haunted drone among the hopeless grey masses. Even just dreaming of a better life is perilously out of reach-if she wants to survive the ravening nightmares. But survival takes on a whole new meaning when she stumbles across a shattered corpse-and exposes a deadly conspiracy. Her life is over if she can't outrun the enforcers, outsmart the monsters, and take back her stolen power. Can she reclaim her broken city-and long-lost threadwitch's touch-in time to avoid a bloody end? She's about to become their worst nightmare. A multi-award-winning series starter for fans of V.E. Schwab, Cassandra Clare and Holly Black who love lush and haunting urban fantasy, post-climate-collapse dystopias, and genre-bending gothic dark fantasy with messy and morally grey characters. This fifth-anniversary edition ebook features a new, series-tie-in cover and a bonus prologue. Recommended for ages 14+. Read this "beautiful labyrinth of a tale" today!

In a drowned city, where hope kills and dreams are deadly, one wrong thought can end your life. Haunted 17-year-old outcast Cole is desperate to suppress her macabre obsession with the Mara-taken before she becomes one. When a stranger with unsettling gold eyes offers a chance to escape her rule-bound existence, it-and he-prove a dangerous distraction. 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. Join Cole on a mission of discovery and revenge from the perilous heights of the Towers of Refuge to the glittering club lurking below the floodwaters. With the dead piling up at every turn, can she untangle the lies and stop the dying before the nightmares eat her alive? A not-quite-alive girl and her not-quite-dead ghost discover trusted authorities lie, allies have their own agendas and even the monsters wear masks in a journey of betrayal, revenge, and finding the power to fight back.

What happens when you release the hero within-and she's a stranger? When a series of eerily haunting dreams drives Cole back into battle too soon, the power she's only just learned to wield fails to show up for the fight. Dreamwalker and childhood friend Ash claims a trip to her long-forgotten homeland in the mountains will help her reclaim her missing magic-and hard-won sense of purpose. Too bad it can only be reached by a perilous voyage across monster-infested waters. The last thing Cole wants to do is waste days trekking through the wilderness with nothing but a snarky ghost and a boy who's made it his life's mission to save a dead girl for company. Not that she has much choice; if she can't restore her connection to the dreamscape before it's too late, her newfound friends won't be the only ones to pay the price. But more than just monsters stand in her way-and this time, taking back the power to stop them might just break her. Black the Tides is the second book in a lush and labyrinthine trilogy of paranormal-meets-gothic-dystopian YA fantasy filled with monster-infested mountains, haunted forests, glorious treehouse cityscapes, and unexpected twists for those who like a little sparkle with their monsters (it glistens so nicely on all the blood.) Fans of cinematic solarpunk utopian planning, dark Northern Gothic forests, and monster-hunting road trips will love this genre-bending dark fantasy with a devastating cliffhanger twist.

What happens when you release the hero within-and she's a stranger? "I'm stuck in a loop, trying not to look at the ghost of a girl with golden curls and hazel eyes..." When a series of eerily haunting dreams drives Cole back into battle too soon, the power she's only just learned to wield fails to show up for the fight. Dreamwalker and childhood friend Ash claims a trip to her long-forgotten homeland in the mountains will help her reclaim her missing magic and hard-won sense of purpose. But the last thing she wants to do is waste days trekking through the monster-infested wilderness with nothing but a snarky ghost and a boy who's made it his life's mission to save a dead girl. "The last guy who wanted me to trust him tried to sacrifice me to the Mara . . ." Cole's hesitation doesn't stop Ash from spiriting her across sea-monster-ridden waters to the terrifyingly twisted lands beyond, leaving her broken yet beloved city without protection. If she can't reclaim her past and restore her connection to the dreamscape before it's too late, her newfound friends won't be the only ones to pay the price. But more than just monsters stand in her way-and this time, taking back the power to stop them might just break her. Black the Tides is the second book in a lush and labyrinthine trilogy of paranormal-meets-gothic-dystopian upper YA fantasy filled with monster-infested mountains, haunted forests, and unexpected twists for those who like a little sparkle with their monsters (it glistens so nicely on all the blood.) Fans of cinematic solarpunk utopian planning, dark Northern Gothic forests, and monster-hunting road trips will love this genre-bending dark fantasy with a devastating cliffhanger twist. Read Black the Tides for a shocking voyage into dark seas today!

In the City of Nightmares, death is far from the end... "The edges of this world's map are not bordered with monsters but with ghosts." Losing her magic was one thing, but getting bodyjacked by the ghost of her past self? That's a whole new low for teenage dream-weaving threadwitch Cole. And when sea monsters shipwreck her hard-won backup, there's only one hope left to contain the nightmares and escape a bodiless purgatory of eternal torment. "I'm afraid I'll go mad long before Cadence breaks." But sacrificing the life of a child, however eerie and backstabbing, is too great a price to pay, even to save her friends and her city. As her remaining allies fall and resistance mounts, Cole fights to hold back the monsters at the cost of her own rapidly draining life force. Can she bring herself to destroy her body-snatching young frenemy for good before everyone she loves goes up in flames? In this explosive conclusion to the “Threads of Dreams” trilogy, the spark of revolution is lit, and even a drowned city can burn.

In the City of Nightmares, death is far from the end... "The edges of this world's map are not bordered with monsters but with ghosts." Losing her magic was one thing, but getting body jacked by the ghost of her past self? That's a whole new low for teenage dream-weaving thread witch Cole. And when sea monsters shipwreck her hard-won backup, there's only one hope left to contain the nightmares and escape a bodiless purgatory of eternal torment. "I'm afraid I'll go mad long before Cadence breaks." But sacrificing the life of a child-however eerie and backstabbing-is too great a price to pay, even to save her friends and her city. As her remaining allies fall and resistance mounts, Cole fights to hold back the monsters at the cost of her own rapidly draining life force. Can she bring herself to destroy her body-snatching young frenemy for good before everyone she loves goes up in flames? In this explosive conclusion to the Threads of Dreams trilogy, the spark of revolution is lit-and even a drowned city can burn.

In the city of nightmares, death is far from the end. Losing her magic was one thing, but getting bodyjacked by the ghost of her past self? That's a whole new low for teenage dreamweaver Cole. And when sea monsters shipwreck her hard-won backup, there's only one hope left to contain the nightmares and escape a bodiless purgatory of eternal torment. But sacrificing the life of a child-however eerie and backstabbing-is too great a price to pay, even to save her friends and her city. As her remaining allies fall and resistance mounts, Cole fights to hold back the monsters at the cost of her own rapidly draining life force. Can she bring herself to destroy her body-snatching young frenemy for good before everyone she loves goes up in flames? In this explosive conclusion to the Threads of Dreams trilogy, the spark of revolution is lit-and even a drowned city can burn. Buy Burn the Skies to ignite adventure today!

In the city of nightmares, death is far from the end... Losing her magic was one thing, but getting bodyjacked by the ghost of her past self? That's a whole new low for teenage dreamweaver Cole. And when sea monsters shipwreck her hard-won backup, there's only one hope left to contain the nightmares and escape a bodiless purgatory of eternal torment. But sacrificing the life of a child, however eerie and backstabbing, is too great a price to pay, even to save her friends and her city. As her remaining allies fall and resistance mounts, Cole fights to hold back the monsters at the cost of her own rapidly draining life force. Can she bring herself to destroy her body-snatching young frenemy for good before everyone she loves goes up in flames? In this explosive conclusion to the “Threads of Dreams” trilogy, the spark of revolution is lit, and even a drowned city can burn.

What happens when you release the hero within, and she's a stranger? "I'm stuck in a loop, trying not to look at the ghost of a girl with golden curls and hazel eyes..." When a series of eerily haunting dreams drives Cole back into battle too soon, the power she's only just learned to wield fails to show up for the fight. Dreamwalker and childhood friend Ash claims a trip to her long-forgotten homeland in the mountains will help her reclaim her missing magic and hard-won sense of purpose. But the last thing she wants to do is waste days trekking through the monster-infested wilderness with nothing but a snarky ghost and a boy who's made it his life's mission to save a dead girl. "The last guy who wanted me to trust him tried to sacrifice me to the Mara... " Cole's hesitation doesn't stop Ash from spiriting her across sea-monster-ridden waters to the terrifyingly twisted lands beyond, leaving her broken yet beloved city without protection. If she can't reclaim her past and restore her connection to the dreamscape before it's too late, her newfound friends won't be the only ones to pay the price. But more than just monsters stand in her way, and this time, taking back the power to stop them might just break her. “Black the Tides” is the second book in a lush and labyrinthine trilogy of paranormal-meets-gothic-dystopian YA fantasy filled with monster-infested mountains, haunted forests, and unexpected twists for those who like a little sparkle with their monsters (it glistens so nicely on all the blood.) Fans of cinematic solarpunk utopian planning, dark Northern Gothic forests, and monster-hunting road trips will love this genre-bending dark fantasy with a devastating cliffhanger twist.

When you're nothing, you have to grab everything you can and hang onto it with everything you've got. When the dreamwealking threadwitch Ravel's been obsessed with since boyhood vanishes, the shadow prince of Refuge's dissolute underground risks all the power he's begged, borrowed, and stolen to chase her down. But, on that desperate road trip through the monster-infested wilderness, he's forced to peel back his own mask and grapple with the dark truths behind all the glitter. Will he find the right thread to pull and win back his love, or will the conscience this puppetmaster has been running from all his life finally cut his strings? Tragic pasts and twisted futures collide in “Boy With No Name”, a novelette-length dystopian romantic tragedy (lovers-to-enemies-to-...? / antihero romance) for upper YA to NA/Adult audiences. (No spice, off-screen trauma, implied child neglect.) This story takes place in the “Threads of Dreams” universe and is suggested as a companion read to book 2, “Black the Tides”.

Don't think. Don't talk. And definitely don't dream. The Nightmares will find you. “Blind the Eyes” In a drowned city on the edge of the sea lives a girl in a tower. Cole is nobody. One more haunted drone among the grey, spiritless masses. Until her dreary future is stolen, and a quest to take revenge uncovers ghosts, betrayal, and her bloody past. She's about to become their worst nightmare. “Black the Tides” Something deadly lurks beneath the waves. Battered but defiant, Cole can't wait to get back into the fight. But when her newly reclaimed thread-witchery fails her mid-battle, the only path forward leads through the monster-infested wilds. Can she reclaim her forgotten dreamweavers' birthright from the mountains before they claim her? She never even saw it coming. “Burn the Skies” In the City of Nightmares, death is far from the end. Shattered, powerless, and more alone than ever, Cole fights on. Failure means more than her own destruction. If the city falls, its eldritch horrors will sweep across the land. But will her last-ditch grasp at the power to stop them go up in flames? The dreamscape takes no prisoners. Neither does she.