The United States… aren’t. Rural Minnesota is a redcap-infested wasteland. The Twin Cities are occupied by fabulous aliens. Waves of wild magic have wrecked most of the world’s high technology. People mutate into beings out of myth and legend: strangelings. And there’s no more Wi-Fi.
Aisling lives under an illusion, hiding her half-elven features and trying to finish grad school. On weekends she hunts monsters, plays bass for the Lumber Punks, or runs strangelings down the Underhill Railroad. But a prison labor brigade patrols the border between them and freedom, and their Captain Hart blames her for his Change. He’s rapidly losing control of the fae monster inside him, and intends to catch her if it’s the last thing he does. Meanwhile, catfishmen are attacking the city formerly known as Minneapolis, and fighting them has Connor late for his drag show. His magic might be broken, but on stage or in battle, he’s going to *shine*.
Space opera and mythology dance the forbidden polka in a geek-filled wasteland. A dystopian future grows from roots in Celtic and Norse mythology. And the most hilarious hot mess of a bisexual love triangle in dystopian urban science fantasy begins!