Delilah S. Dawson

A bruised city hums with whispered bargains and a hunger that won’t quit. In a night that refuses to fade, a hunter with a hunger of her own walks the line between protectress and predator, answering debts with more than money, and paying with parts of herself she swore she wouldn’t lose. The night tastes like copper and rain, and every encounter leaves a mark—on the streets, on the people she protects, and on her own fragile resolve to keep what remains of her humanity intact.

Within the neon-lit alleys of Garrick City, a group of unlikely protectors known as the Mob Squad navigates a tangled web of crime, magic, and political intrigue. Their leader, Jax, is haunted by a past he keeps locked away, fueling his resolve to shield those who can't defend themselves. As factions vie for control over ancient artifacts and forbidden spells, each member is tested in ways that threaten to break or bind them tighter together. Amidst betrayals and alliances forged in fire, they must confront not only external enemies but also the shadows within themselves. The city’s pulse is relentless, a beating heart of chaos that refuses to slow, demanding sacrifices and loyalty in equal measure.

A farm boy’s reckless courage, a foxlike trickster, and a chorus of unlikely allies step into a world where jokes sharpen into weapons and loyalties are tested by the cost of magic and mischief. In a land of talking misfits, a stubborn vow fractures an ordinary day into a labyrinth of quests, while a guilded conspiracy threads through markets, taverns, and a bearded prophecy that refuses to stay quiet. As blades flash and bargains are struck, old friendships bend under new truths, and a ragtag band learns that to save a world, sometimes you must first save each other.

Miriam Black moves through a city that refuses to forget its worst outcomes. A touch reveals not a memory but a future death, and every revelation weighs on Miriam like a chain. As she navigates the streets and the people who try to use or erase her gift, she must decide how much of herself she’s willing to lose to protect others—or to protect herself from the weight of what she can see. The line between guardian and profiteer blurs as alarms sound and destinies collide, leaving Miriam to confront the cost of knowing too much and the price of doing nothing at all.

The world is already moving when Nova drifts through the humming lanes of a crowded spaceport, chasing a whisper of leverage that could save a crumbling outpost on the edge of civil war. A stubborn mechanic with a past tethered to a rumor, a rogue pilot who trusts nothing but a shared glint of truth, and a hidden convoy of refugees make a web around her that tightens with every stun and byte of data. Loyalties blur as blaster-fire pulls rooms into darkness, and a memory she’s buried rises in the shape of a promise she can’t refuse. Inside the claustrophobic corridors of a freighter, alliances are tested, secrets threaten to fracture, and Nova discovers that courage isn’t loud heroism but the quiet choice to stand, again and again, when the odds tilt toward despair.