Dirt Town: A Steampunk Fantasy Adventure for Young Adults

A mage on the run. A doctor with a conscience. A city on the brink. Magic is outlawed. Robots enforce the law with deadly precision. In Cairnisle, trust is a risk only the rich can afford. Fourteen-year-old Fia scrapes by in the slums of Dirt Town with a knife in her boot and a secret in her blood: she’s an illegal mage. When a desperate escape lands her in the path of Aldrich Durante—a privileged young doctor from the gleaming streets above—their collision sparks a truth neither can ignore. Aldrich was raised to fear magic. But the girl he saves isn’t a monster—she’s a mirror held up to a city built on lies. As robotic enforcers close in and revolution brews in the muddy streets beneath the cobblestones, Fia, Aldrich, and Winston—a rogue robot with a malfunctioning control pin—must decide: stay silent, or ignite the rebellion that could destroy them all. Dirt Town is a standalone gaslamp fantasy packed with found family, forbidden magic, and explosive rebellion. Step into the shadows of Cairnisle—where loyalty is deadly, and freedom begins with a spark.