Tropes & Themes: Dark Fantasy | WLW/Sapphic Subplot | Found Family | Morally Grey Characters | Body Horror | Invasive Blood Magic | Grimdark / Dark Fantasy Stakes | High Angst | Tragic

No witch has ever escaped the Forge — a hijacked cruise ship where witches mutilate the dead into monsters and harvest what remains into weapons. The reward? To live long enough for their own magic to kill them.

But death keeps passing Dylan by.

Dylan has survived because her unique blood allows her to extend the lives of those she loves. The catch? The ritual binds them emotionally, forcing her to feel every private desire. Terrified her found family will reject her for the invasive bond, she keeps it a secret-even from Sarai, the girl she loves.

When Dylan's best friend is sent to the one place her blood can't save him, Sarai plans a desperate heist with dying criminals to escape the ship. A heist that only Dylan can pull off. But in a pressure cooker of blood and betrayal, keeping her secrets hidden may prove impossible... and her truth may destroy them all.

CONTENT WARNINGS: This novel is a dark fantasy that features graphic violence, body horror, gore, mutilation, abortion, blood magic/blood harvesting, and themes of trauma, death, and forced emotional manipulation.