Description
'Incredibly vivid storytelling - atmospheric, dangerous and fast-paced.' – Jasbinder Bilan, winner of the Costa Children's Book Award
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 London / Clean friends-to-lovers romance / Coming of age / Secret societies & espionage-filled adventures / Mother-daughter relationships
Hardback | Publication: 6 Aug 2026, DK Flip
ISBN: 9780241768471 | Extent: 352 pages
