When the Lights Die

Everyone said it was suicide.

Maeve Naidoo had always carried more than anyone realized. By day, she hid behind battered skateboards, graffiti-covered notebooks, late-night guitar sessions, and a dry sense of humor that convinced everyone she was doing just fine. But beneath the surface, the weight of bullying, isolation, and the expectations of the people around her slowly chipped away at her.

What no one knew was that her nightmare didn't end when she went to sleep.

Every night, Mae was dragged into a twisted reflection of Seattle where the people who had made her life a living hell shed their human faces. In the Night Realm, they became grotesque manifestations of their cruelty, fear, and hatred, relentlessly hunting her through empty streets and abandoned schools. Night after night, they consumed pieces of her spirit until she could no longer fight back.

When Mae is found dead, her passing is ruled a suicide, and the world moves on.

Her friends can't.

After discovering journals she left behind, six teenagers are forced into the same horrifying world that haunted Mae's final months. As they unravel the truth behind her death, they realize the monsters wearing familiar faces aren't merely reflections; they're warnings. The darkness lurking within people has begun spilling into reality, and if they can't uncover why Mae was chosen before they're consumed as well, the Night Realm will claim them one by one.

Some scars are hidden.

Some monsters wear the faces of people you know.

And sometimes the person everyone thought they had lost was fighting a battle no one else could see.