The Sign of the Raven

In this teen historical fantasy set in nineteenth-century London, the boundary between sleep and the waking world begins to dissolve, forcing one audacious dreamer to face a reality more dangerous than any nightmare. Sixteen-year-old Ashlyn Threadneedle lives a double life. By day, she works a tedious job as a government messenger for Lord Whitaker in an alternate nineteenth-century London.

But by night, she escapes. Ashlyn plunges into vivid, lucid dreams, navigating the Stream – a mystical dreamworld where time bends and the only limit is her imagination. When her long-dead mother appears in a dream, everything Ashlyn thought she knew is turned on its head, and the future of her loved ones hangs in the balance.

Drawn into a dangerous quest for answers, she joins a secret society of lucid dreamers. Together with her best friend Dimitri – an underground journalist fighting for the people – she must fight to protect the Stream from a powerful enemy who wants to manipulate thoughts and seize control of the waking world. But the Stream is a perilous place.

To save the freedom of thought itself, Ashlyn must risk both her past and her future. Perfect for fans of:Gaslamp fantasy set in Victorian LondonClean friends-to-lovers romanceComing of ageSecret societies & espionage-filled adventuresMother-daughter relationshipsPraise for The Sign of the Raven’The Sign of the Raven is pacy, gripping and fizzing with life, a captivating read!’ – Becca Rogers, author of The Girl with Gills’A heart-pounding adventure through both a vividly-rendered nineteenth-century London and a shimmering, treacherous dreamscape.’ – Sadie Turner, author of Tidespeaker’A dazzling dream of a debut. Gorgeously written and impossible to put down, this is an extraordinary story.