Changeling

Magic arrived in a cataclysm—portals spewing monsters and mana into an unprepared world. Heroes emerged, wielding stolen power to push back the tide, forging a new era where users command magic while the rest scrape by in their shadow. Sixty years later, Threshold stands as a gleaming, ruthless city of corpos and raiders, where baseline humans are obsolete. Nestra, a MaxSec officer, is one of the last normals clinging to law enforcement. She’s also mana-starved, her body craving a power she wasn’t born with. Every hit of illicit energy brings her closer to ruin, but it’s the only way to survive the brutal hierarchy of Threshold. With her career crumbling and addiction gnawing at her, Nestra’s last hope lies in uncovering the truth behind her hollow core—before the city grinds her into dust.