When Gnyphe’s best friend Kat vanishes, she’ll stop at nothing to get her back. But in the vast, lawless Chamberpot district, missing streetlings are rarely found—even by a girl who can teleport through shadows.

As she digs deeper, Gnyphe uncovers a chilling link between Kat’s disappearance and her own fractured past. Worse, the shadowy creature behind her powers starts feeding on the very memories she needs to solve the mystery—like it wants her to forget.

With time running out and her identity slipping through her fingers, Gnyphe must face a harrowing question:

How much of yourself are you willing to lose to find the truth?

Welcome to week three of the pre-release posts for Inner Demon! Last week we learned a little about Kraw—read on this week to learn about Little Jonno, a streetling whose world is shattered when his big sister is kidnapped.

The full book, Inner Demon, releases July 2nd. Click here to skip to the pre-order links!

Character Portrait: Little Jonno

She makes me take baths now! Once a week! She’s a slave master.

Little Jonno only has dim memories of his parents—for nearly as long as he can remember, he’s lived on the street and been taken care of by his big sister, Kat. Jonno hasn’t been idle while his sister scrounges for resources during the day—he’s tried his hand at light thievery, petty burglary, and even briefly ran with a child gang (although Kat put a stop to all of that once she found out). Little Jonno means well, but it’s difficult to have the same sense of morality as everyone around you when a life of desperation is the only thing you’ve ever known.

Inner Demon Chapter 4: The Dream

Swirling blackness, too thick to be fog but not substantial enough to be water, surrounded her. Gnyphe lifted her hands and tried to swim upward, but the substance wasn’t quite thick enough to provide the needed resistance.

The stone she was standing on slanted upward—maybe she could crawl out. She didn’t know why she wasn’t bound—hadn’t she been tied with ropes just moments before?—but she wasn’t going to miss her opportunity, so she started moving. Her lungs burned; when she opened her mouth and inhaled she found no air. She had to escape quickly.

As she crawled, she realized that someone was standing near her in the murky darkness. A spike of alarm made Gnyphe’s heart quicken: that silhouette hadn’t been there just moments before.

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