The Forgotten War

Maya Carmichael's life is going nowhere. At twenty-eight, she's selling books, painting in her bathroom, and watching her dreams fade. Then a mysterious letter from her grandmother changes everything. Rose Carmichael didn't die in a memory care facility. She's been fighting a war-a secret, generations-long battle against creatures that lurk at the edges of reality, desperate to break through into our world.
For sixty years, Rose stood alone, maintaining a mystical barrier that's the only thing keeping nightmares at bay. Now the barrier is failing. And Rose is dying. Thrust into a world of magic, monsters, and impossible choices, Maya must reclaim the memories her grandmother stole to keep her safe. She must learn spells passed down through bloodlines, master powers she never knew she had, and face horrors that have waited centuries for the barrier to fall.
But Maya refuses to fight alone. Armed with her grandmother's journal, aided by a war-scarred veteran who knows the cost of this fight, she begins building something Rose never had: a network of guardians who can stand together against the darkness. The creatures are gathering. The barrier is crumbling. And one untrained guardian stands between humanity and an invasion from beyond. In a war everyone has forgotten, the stakes have never been higher.