When the world ends, who will tell our story? After a disease ravages his underground community, Winter escapes with his daughters to the dangerous surface of Earth. With the planet largely abandoned, he has no one to help him make sense of this strange new world while trying to keep his children alive. But the surface is not all complicated artifacts and relics of a deserted universe. Winter is certain someone—or something—is hunting them. He weaves wild tales to entertain and teach his daughters, turning ordinary Earth inventions into props for wild fairy tales, stories where celebrities become demigods and historical figures transform into ice giants. As his journey grows darker and more dangerous, his mythologies keep his children, and himself, from confusion and despair. With tensions rising and danger at every corner, will Winter keep his family alive long enough to finish his tales?

Two sisters, separated and alone in a world gone mad. They carry with them the bizarre fairy tales their father gifted them, stories where celebrities are demigods, and historical figures are ice giants. Violin, desperately searching for her younger sister, goes to the only place that has ever made sense to her: home. What she discovers is long-held family secrets, and a mysterious man with a changing face who wants the truth to come out, no matter the cost. Candlestick, embarking on a journey through an increasingly dangerous land, discovers new friends, and even greater threats. With a growing power inside her, Candlestick must learn to adapt to a world eager to destroy her. Will these sisters find each other before it's too late? Can they survive the past that's catching up to them? Dark forces are closing in, and time is running out. Bigger myths. Outrageous comedy. Dark horror. Adventurous fantasy. In this sequel to the genre-defying hit Winter's Myths,...