Welcome to Night Vale

Night Vale is a desert town where ghosts, angels and government conspiracies are part of the daily routine, and a sinister Sheriff's Secret Police keeps watch. Nobody there finds this unusual.

Jackie Fierro runs a pawn shop and has been nineteen for as long as she can remember. A man in a tan jacket, whom nobody can remember afterward, hands her a slip of paper reading KING CITY. She cannot get rid of it, however she tries.

Across town, Diane Crayton is the PTA treasurer and raises her teenage son Josh on her own. Josh can shape-shift. He has begun to wonder about his father, who left years ago, and Diane keeps running into the man.

The chapters alternate between the two women, each following a separate search. Both searches point toward King City.

The novel comes from the creators of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast and is written for newcomers as well as existing listeners. Cecil Palmer, the radio host from the podcast, is a reference point here and not the main character.