[World War Magic 02] • Bitter Magic

**Tune in tonight to watch her die.**

When Grainne Helmond’s book club is struck by an escaping bolt of old magic, the surviving women begin to exhibit powers unseen for a hundred years.

Caged by authorities, her only contact with the outside world is through the deep web—kids channeling into her security camera feed like she’s a show to binge-watch on *Netflix*. Tuning in to watch Grainne and her friends starving. Dying inch-by-inch. Scared. Confused. Alone.

**But that is how it should be.**

Because stone-bound swords and dragons are nothing but fairy tales your mother used to lull you into sleep. This is true magic: deep, dark, and dangerous. The stuff your great-great-grandfather fought against in blood-soaked battles to eradicate from the earth.

**And the world is right to fear her.**