Maidens of the Fall

Octavia despises magical girls—state-sanctioned warriors chosen by Earth’s Dream-Gods to repel the Nightmares spilling from the rift torn through England. Their unchecked power destroyed her family and left her broken. She hides her fury and her forbidden love for her best friend, clinging to a fragile normalcy under the watch of government censors and emotional hygiene officers. Then a magical girl commits an act of terrorism, and Octavia is dragged into the chaos. To survive, she strikes a bargain with a foreign Dream-God, becoming a fugitive with powers unlike anything the world has seen. But her newfound sisters are just as damaged as she is, and their rebellion draws attention from horrors worse than Nightmares: alien Dreamers, forgotten Gods, and rogue magical girls with unknowable motives. As reality unravels, Octavia must decide whether to play the pawn or seize the crown—before the world fractures beyond repair.