Hold my hand, so we don't get lost.
On the nighttime streets of San Francisco, two sibling spirits, Jack and Lilith, have lingered since they became ghosts in the aftermath of the great 1906 earthquake. Bound to the limits of the city by the bay, and unable to move on to the hereafter, the two siblings live an unusual afterlife together as the city continues to grow and change around them. Until the safety of their world shifts and dark spirits begin to plague the city. Spirits start disappearing as a creature emerges bent on destroying the barrier between the spirit world and the living. With his sinister spirit force, the creature sets into motion the makings of another disaster from which it seems Jack and Lilith may not escape. Descending deeper into the city to flee the spirit force, Lilith and Jack encounter a living child named Charlie who can communicate with them. Together they uncover a bond that just might be what they need to stop the creature from destroying the very fabric of time.
The Nighttimes is written for YA fantasy and historical fiction audiences who like world building. While diving into the afterlife, The Nighttimes is never grotesque or violent but rather ethereal, unusual, and occasionally strange. While it begins with the tragedy of the 1906 earthquake, and ends with yet another quake in 1989, the story is in fact a celebration of existence. Dealing with themes of family, both found and those we are born into, The Nighttimes explores how we remain entangled across time and space with those closest to us. No romance.
