Every Action Has a Price. Every Secret Has a Consequence.The struggle for London’s soul didn’t end at Golden Square. In this high-stakes continuation of the LineFolk of London saga, Hannah Chadwick finds that being an apprentice to the legendary Wayworthy legacy is less about ancient books and more about surviving the "Edge".
While Axton Flynn struggles to master the centuries of inherited memories now locked in his mind, the sanctuary of the clynic is under threat. A rival healer is becoming empowered in the shadows of the Circle Line, and patients are disappearing into a world of "pits" and secrets that even the Master’s memories can’t fully explain.
As a rhythmic, spectral tapping begins to haunt Hannah—a sound no one else can hear—she is drawn toward the dark history of Cockpit Steps. Something is energising the city’s phantasms, fueled by a resurgence of Victorian-era cruelty.
From the electrified tracks of the Underground to the blood-stained sawdust of an illegal gambling circuit, Hannah must navigate a world where LineFolk are once again being treated as sport. With the fierce werecat Mia at her side, Hannah discovers that her own evolving power over the linether may be the only thing capable of tipping the scales.
In a city built on top of monsters, the most dangerous thing you can do is care.
Jay Neill is a British author of high-concept Urban Fantasy, specialising in the collision of the mundane and the magical. After 25 years in the corporate sector, he switched to writing fiction to build worlds hidden just beneath our reality.
His published novel, The Terminus Of All Things, is a standalone urban portal fantasy that explores the concept of Endland, a chaotic, mirror-dystopia built from the obsolete remnants of our own world.
Jay’s upcoming series is The LineFolk of London, a separate venture into British mythology where all UK mythological creatures are forced to live within the restricted boundaries of the London Underground's Circle Line, surviving only by harnessing a unique magical energy source: Linether.
Jay’s witty, structured approach to modern fantasy has seen him compared to authors like Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London) for his use of real-world infrastructure and Robert Rankin for his eccentric, inventive British comedy and urban mythologising.