Six years ago, the world ended with a flicker.
The lights died. The phones went dead. The planes fell. They called it the Fade, and electricity has never worked since.
Now, Effie lives in a coal-mining village powered by steam, where peacekeepers ring warning bells each night to keep people safe from the Shadowtails – supernatural horrors that descend from the sky.
But there’s something worse than the monsters.
Some kids, since the Fade, have started sprouting wings.
Society fears them. Hunts them. Cages them. Experiments on them.
So when Effie frees a winged boy from the village cage – and begins to grow wings herself – her whole world collapses.
Hunted by her own father, Effie is rescued by the Skyborn – a rebel band of winged children living in secret.
Each tribe has its gifts: banshees scream like thunder, angels strike with speed and fire, lepid girls can seal darkness behind enchanted wards.
But Effie’s wings aren’t like theirs.
Bone-spurred. Black-veined. Demonwings. Wings no one has seen before.
And when a cursed portal opens and the monsters come swarming, Effie does what no Skyborn ever has: She steps through.
A blazing fantasy thriller about rebellion, transformation, and the power of difference.
For fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, Skandar, Percy Jackson, and The Hunger Games – this is the start of a series you’ll never forget.