The Rift between the Nightmare World and the Waking World is tearing open again. Slipping through it are terrifying and deadly nightmarish creatures called dragons. A reckless invasion of the Ward Isles by the powerful Caradon Empire sets off a chain of events that may prevent the Rift from ever being sealed again. Esra, a shipwrecked Imperial sailor, and two coastal village teenagers, Jonus and Faarah, find themselves caught in the middle of a battle of supernatural and political forces. 

Esra is torn between finding a way home and fulfilling a life debt. Red eyes watch Jonus in the night—omens of even darker things to come, and for the first time in her life, the always self-assured Faarah begins to doubt her destiny. In a world where magic fuels industry and dreams become reality, Wards of the Rift begins an epic fantasy tale of unlikely heroes that must make impossible choices to prevent a looming darkness from sweeping the world.

The Rift may have been closed, but the Waking World is in far greater danger than ever before. Cast into a distant land, Esra Durain must find the Prophet to save his friend Jonus from the Nightmare World. Sefina Michell navigates deadly Imperial politics to both incite revolution and ensure Esra’s safe return to her.

Ancient evils and mysterious watchers seek to guide them from beyond the boundaries of the worlds. They must choose whom to trust. Will they choose their own paths or those set before them? Their choices may decide whether the Nightmare King returns to his dominion.