A wooden girl with a spark of magic. A father with dangerous secrets. A city that will devour them both if she steps out of line...

Twelve-year-old Hollo wasn't born, she was built in secret. Awakened in a tangle of glowing golden threads by her brilliant, secretive father, Hollo enters the world fully formed, bright-eyed, and brimming with questions..

But in Thedes, magic isn't a marvel.
It's currency.
It's forbidden.
And in the wrong hands... it's a weapon.

For twelve years, Hollo has lived hidden inside a shuttered house on Casting Street, practicing her gift in stolen moments and whispering life into the bronze statues next door. One slip, one shimmer of magic, and everything her father has protected her from can come crashing in.

And that moment has just arrived.

A stranger has caught a glimpse of what she truly is. Her father's oldest enemy is stirring. And Hollo, curious, hopeful, reckless Hollo, is about to step into the city for the very first time.

As danger closes in, she must rely on her wits, and the fragile, luminous thread of magic that binds her to the only family she has ever known.

The clockwork men are coming for her, and soon she will have nowhere left to hide.

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