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Gr 10 Up—Beckan Moloy, 16, is a fairy who lives with three boys in Ferrum, an old fairy city. At one point, the fairies and gnomes live together harmoniously (even though the gnomes often snack on fairies) until war erupts, destroying the city. To survive, Beckan and her friend Scrap resort to prostitution—they have sex with the same gnomes who might eat them. After the fairies are liberated by the tightropers, a strange group of people who live in spun webs above the city buildings, Beckan ima...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"Once upon a time there were four fairies in the city who hadn't been maimed. The second youngest, the only girl, was Beckan Moloy." Until recently, fairies had existed in relative peace with gnomes—gnomes occasionally devouring a fairy, fairies considering it fair exchange for gnomes' manual labor—in the ancient fairy city of Ferrum. The arrival of creatures called tightropers, come to "save" fairies from the gnomes, has thrown that delicate balance into chaos, resulting in out-and-out war. Beckan stays behind with Josha, Cricket, and Scrap (the other th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The arrival of creatures called tightropers in ancient fairy city Ferrum escalates tension between fairies and gnomes into out-and-out ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More