The Sprawl

In a world where stories are owned, one girl will hack her way to freedom.

Sixteen-year-old Kaia Valdez is a rooftop hacker in the neon-drenched Sprawl, where corporations have trademarked fairy tales and deleted happy endings that don't turn a profit. When she jacks into the dark net searching for her missing mother, she's kidnapped by a sentient school bus made of chrome and stained glass-and enrolled in the most dangerous academy in the multiverse.

Welcome to Neon Infinity Academy, where every class is a field trip through reality itself.

Kaia's new squad includes Juno, a girl with glitch-art tattoos and a corrupted emoji army; Orion, whose star-forged arm holds the key to saving his comatose sister; Asha, a warrior princess with molten gold blood; and Rook, a mirror-eyed boy who accidentally copies everything he loves. Together, they'll travel inside beating hearts, battle through weaponized fairy tales, and face off against the Platinum Tier-elite students who believe stories should be bought, not shared.

At the center of it all is the Source Page: a legendary artifact that can rewrite reality itself. But the dragon who runs Omnibus Corp will burn the multiverse down before he lets stories run free. And his daughter, the ruthless heiress Seraph Voss, will stop at nothing to claim the Page-even if it means trapping a little girl's soul in corporate hell forever.

To save her mother, Kaia must choose: accept a deal that frees one person she loves, or fight for a world where stories belong to everyone.

Perfect for fans of Ready Player One meets A Darker Shade of Magic, Neon Infinity Academy is a cyberpunk fairy tale about found family, the power of stories, and learning that some endings are worth fighting for-even when the whole world is for sale.

Genre: Young Adult Cyberpunk Fantasy
Themes: Found Family • Rebellion • Stories & Storytelling • Corporate Dystopia • LGBTQ+ Characters
Content: Action-packed with emotional depth, appropriate for ages 13+

"The Sprawl never sleeps, but tonight it forgets how to dream..."