"Blind the Eyes: Enter the City of Nightmares (Threads of Dreams, 1)"

In a city where dreams are deadly, only one girl has the power to end the nightmare. Too bad the monsters got to her first. When the Mara come, they take everything: hope, desire, the ability to feel . . . the will to defy. Haunted teen Cole's earliest memories are of learning to wield isolation as a shield, repress emotions, surrender doubts, and, above all, obey without question. But all the training in the Towers of Refuge wasn't enough to save Cadence, the mischievous child who now haunts her—and it won't be enough to save Cole when the Mara come for her. Because Cole has a secret—and she's not the only one. Ghosts. Rebels. Dreamwalkers. Cole's secretive, sheltered world will never be the same again. With enforcers in pursuit and the dead invading her dreams, her journey takes her from the dazzling, forbidden heights of austere obedience to the glittering, menacing underground revels lurking below the surface of the floodwaters in a desperate bid to stop the dying before the nightmares eat her alive. Claim your fears. Own your failure. Take back your voice. 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. Multi-awarded gothic-dystopian YA dark fantasy for ages 14 and up by a "Canada's Best Fantasy & Science Fiction" + "Best New Weird Horror"-winning author with echoes of Anna Dressed In Blood, Daughter of the Burning City, This Savage Song, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Masque of the Red Death for fans of Brenna Yovanoff, Laini Taylor, V.E. Schwab, T. Kingfisher, Seanan McGuire, and Melissa Marr. Perfect for those who love: —ghosts, paranormal/supernatural powers & creatures of myth —monsters & magic —deeply unreliable narrators —prickly (neurodivergent-coded) outcasts and loners —devious & dazzling revolutionaries —repressive dystopian regimes & glittering gothic excess for futuristic ecopunk urban fantasy like you've never seen before —girls finding their voices & taking back their choices —all the gore/more blood than kissing Read this "captivating, endorphin-rush of a story" today! (Love reading in print? Source from indie bookshops: https://kaie.space/stockists or POD: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1777517451 )