The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth is set in an alternate Victorian London where the veil between the living and the dead has worn thin, and violet-eyed mediums are bred and trained to serve the Royal Speaker Society. Sixteen-year-old Silas Bell, autistic and transgender, would rather tear out his own eyes than accept the marriage his family has arranged for him. When his escape attempt fails, he is diagnosed with Veil sickness and committed to Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium, a institution built to turn violet-eyed girls into obedient wives. As the ghosts of students who never left start begging him for help, Silas has to decide how far he'll go to tear the school's secrets into the open, with his love interest Daphne Luckenbill at his side.