Daughter of the Burning City

Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smouldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival, a travelling circus-city. Even among its many unusual residents she stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in centuries — able to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, each with a personality of its own. They are her family, and they make up the Festival's Freak Show.

When one of her illusions is murdered, Sorina faces an impossible mystery: how can someone kill a person who does not truly exist? Desperate to protect the rest of her family, she teams up with Luca, a self-proclaimed gossip-worker, to find the culprit.

Their investigation carries them through political turmoil, forbidden romance and the Festival's darkest corners, racing the killer as more of her loved ones disappear. A standalone young adult fantasy from Amanda Foody.