City Of Nightmares

Welcome to the City of Nightmares.

Ever since her sister woke as a man-eating giant spider seven years ago and slaughtered her way through town, Ness has been terrified - terrified of some other Nightmare murdering her, and terrified of turning into one herself. Some people who become Nightmares are monstrous only in appearance, able to live semi-normal lives, but others are twisted in body and mind from what they've become, and Ness will do anything to avoid becoming like her sister.

But her cowardice has a cost, and the Director of the definitely-not-a-cult she lives in is on the verge of kicking her out after an incident where her fear nearly cost someone their life. Desperate, Ness snags a simple job for the cult to buy herself time to find a way to convince the Director to let her stay.

Except that simple job? It blows up in her face. Literally.

Now, tangled up in the aftermath an explosive assassination that killed hundreds and left only two survivors - Ness, and a Nightmare boy who she suspects might be planning to eat her - Ness has to survive, figure out who's trying to kill her, and stop them, before she loses everything that matters to her.