A Story of Ordinary People

Eva is an ordinary street rat, until she isn't. Until she becomes someone who can bargain with gods and live to tell the tale. Someone who can wield power no other mortal can. Someone who can change the world.  This isn't her story. It's everyone else's. It's the story of those who knew her: friends, rivals, enemies, lovers, teachers, students, followers. Ordinary people who do extraordinary things.  What to Expect - A story told from the point of view of everyone except its protagonist.  - A large, diverse cast of characters - The gods are very real - Slow-burn lesbian romance - Celebrating books and reading Book One: Knowledge of the Night All is not well in Anura, City of Gods. Novice priests of the various gods are disappearing. Constable Anya Rustings is unwillingly assigned to investigate, and soon finds herself working against - and with - powers she never knew existed... Meanwhile Senior Librarian Garcia-Finch is certain that their new class of novices is going to be a source of many headaches. But it's not the scheming nobles, or even the goblin or fae, that'll give them the most trouble... no, that would be Eva. The girl who has power she shouldn't.  Participant in the April 2026 Writeathon. Updates will begin every one to two days from 1st April.