An adult dream-builder and an enemy knight discover their kingdom's walls are made from nightmares stolen from ordinary sleepers. Saving the city requires returning its people's dreams without letting the lovers become its next prison.
The realm's sacred sword will only be drawn by someone willing to lose. A battlefield medic must convince a celebrated champion to stop winning a war that feeds the blade.
A shadow cartographer and an enemy envoy discover their shadows have sworn a peace neither government will accept. Saving the city means deciding whether to trust a promise their bodies made without them.
An imperial seamstress learns that the banners she repairs stitch enemy armies into the same endless battle. Unpicking her finest work could unravel the border itself.