“This isn't a dream, kid.” When Neal stumbles on the newly invented fable “Nightlings”, impossible facts line up and he realizes his normal life doesn’t even exist. A phantom named Dantes takes over every night, imprinting memories of vaulting buildings and overseeing a kingdom of night and stars. Neal battles this shadow for control until he realizes he can no longer fight himself.
Squabbling with a dual-persona is a harmless joke, however, compared to the nightmare of Dantes’ life. Nightlings are territorial. A rival intends to rule in Dantes’ place. In the wake of night, where Dreamwalkers are a Nightling’s only connection to the real world and humans are breaths of wind vaporized by mortality, Neal and Dantes must work together if they are to survive high school and beyond.
