Bored Bookworm

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20 year-old orphan Serena Ruyujin Waterhouse works in a coffee shop, obsesses over her swimming workout and vegan lifestyle, and wonders everyday about her purpose in life. One morning at work a mysterious customer asks for her help with a crossword puzzle and she is thrown through the looking glass into a shadow world of an ancient, mystical race of humans who call themselves the First People, or the Darksteppers. Serena becomes lost in a shadowy domain of haunted carnivals, violent, byzantine politics and a 24-hour diner that exists outside of time but serves the best pie in San Francisco. Serena encounters mythical Japanese dragons, miniature clockwork ballerinas and punk rock assassins as she struggles to find her place in this arcane universe of magic, Blood Debts, and antediluvian vendettas.