Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Umbrella Academy in a scintillating contemporary fantasy from author Alexis Hall.

Twenty-five years ago, she saved the world. Now, destiny wants her daughter.

When the Midnight Realm bled into our world, it turned people into monsters and bits of England into fairytale hellscapes. Then a man in a harlequin mask told Olivia Day she could stop it. She didn’t think to ask why, but she was twelve at the time.

Back then, Olivia and her teenage friends were heroes: the Guardians of Destiny, a magical fighting force protecting us from annihilation.

Today, Olivia has a perfectly nice wife, a perfectly nice house, and two perfectly nice kids. There are nightmares, sure. But she only occasionally wakes up screaming.

Then her eleven-year-old daughter dreams of a palace made of stars, a man who turns into an owl, and terrible red eyes in the dark . . .

Olivia always said she’d go to war to protect her daughter. Now, it’s time.

For all those who loved V. E. Schwab's Vicious and Sarah Rees Brennan’s Long Live Evil, this is nostalgic, sharp and a fiercely fun read.

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Praise for Alexis Hall:

'Our favourite chaos demon returns . . . delicious, ridiculous and often poignant'
— Talia Hibbert, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Trap, on Husband Material

'Absurdly funny . . . a sharp edge of wit and observation'
— KJ Charles, award-winning author of The Magpie Lord, on A Lady for a Duke

‘An unbelievable accomplishment from a tremendous author’
– Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me and Just Like Home, on Hell's Heart

'Hall’s best, weirdest and most snarkily delightful book yet . . . intricate perfection’
– Ruthanna Emrys, author of A Half-Built Garden, on Hell's Heart