Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom.

Tavia is a busker, scraping together a living on the streets of Creije. Wesley is the closest thing the city has to a gangster, the right-hand man of its most powerful crime boss. Karam is a warrior who has come to Creije looking for a fight. And Saxony is a resistance fighter, biding her time.

When Tavia unwittingly delivers a vial of dark magic—a weapon she didn't know she had—to someone she cares about, she sets in motion a chain of events that could tear the city apart. Now these four magical outsiders must come together to save their home, and the world.

With enemies at all sides, they can trust nobody. Least of all each other.