City of Nightmares

The thrilling, surprising young adult urban fantasy

Rebecca Schaeffer

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Hodderscape
30 May 2023

Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA)

Series: City of Nightmares

Face your fear . . . or become your nightmare.

Gotham meets Strange the Dreamer in this thrilling young adult fantasy about a cowardly girl who finds herself at the center of a criminal syndicate conspiracy, in a city where crooked politicians and sinister cults reign and dreaming means waking up as your worst nightmare.

Ever since her sister became a man-eating spider and slaughtered her way through town, nineteen-year-old Ness has been terrified - terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of ending up like her sister. Because in Newham, the city that never sleeps, dreaming means waking up as your worst fear.

Whether that means becoming a Nightmare that's monstrous only in appearance, or transforming into a twisted, unrecognizable creature that terrorizes the city, no one is safe. Ness will do anything to avoid becoming another victim, even if that means lying low among the Friends of the Restful Soul, a questionable organization that may or may not be a cult.

But being a member of this maybe-cult has a price. In order to prove herself, Ness cons her way into what's supposed to be a simple job for the organization - only for it to blow up in her face. Literally. Tangled up in the aftermath of an explosive assassination, now Ness and the only other survivor - a Nightmare boy who Ness suspects is planning to eat her - must find their way back to Newham and uncover the sinister truth behind the attack, even as the horrors of her past loom ominously near.

By: Rebecca Schaeffer
Imprint: Hodderscape
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 40mm
Weight: 615g
ISBN: 9781399712101
ISBN 10: 1399712101
Series: City of Nightmares
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Recommended Age: From 14 to 99 years
Audience: Young adult , General/trade , Preschool (0-5) , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rebecca Schaeffer is the critically acclaimed author of Not Even Bones and its sequels. The Webtoon adaptation of the trilogy has garnered over a hundred million reads and nearly 2 million subscribers. Her next book, City of Nightmares, comes out in January 2023.

Reviews for City of Nightmares: The thrilling, surprising young adult urban fantasy

Rebecca Schaeffer delivers another dose of morally ambiguous, delightful chaos * Xiran Jay Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow * One of my favorite books of the year! Phenomenally fun, with a vivid, vicious world that's stuffed with monsters (both human and otherwise) and a heroine you'll root for. I absolutely loved it! * Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of THE QUEENS OF RENTHIA series *