Dirt Town

A Gaslamp Fantasy Adventure

By: Paula Baker, Aidan Davies

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A mage on the run. A doctor with a conscience. A city on the brink.

Magic is outlawed. Robots enforce the law with deadly precision. In Cairnisle, trust is a risk only the rich can afford.

Fourteen-year-old Fia scrapes by in the slums of Dirt Town with a knife in her boot and a secret in her blood: she’s an illegal mage. When a desperate escape lands her in the path of Aldrich Durante—a privileged young doctor from the gleaming streets above—their collision sparks a truth neither can ignore.

Aldrich was raised to fear magic. But the girl he saves isn’t a monster—she’s a mirror held up to a city built on lies.

As robotic enforcers close in and revolution brews in the muddy streets beneath the cobblestones, Fia, Aldrich, and Winston—a rogue robot with a malfunctioning control pin—must decide: stay silent, or ignite the rebellion that could destroy them all.

Trust is dangerous. But doing nothing is worse.

Dirt Town is a standalone gaslamp fantasy packed with found family, forbidden magic, and explosive rebellion.

Perfect for fans of:
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

Step into the shadows of Cairnisle—where loyalty is deadly, and freedom begins with a spark.
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