Manner Cohen used to dream of being a witch. But too much went wrong, and she gave up on magic. Now she dreams of nothing, and waits for the grief to fade. Enter the Outcasters—a coven of Farallon’s most lively mages. Suddenly Manner’s days are filled with golems, bubble tea, yokai parades, papercraft, time-hopping robo-vans—maybe even a future. But every new step also brings her closer to the choice she could never face: Is it worse for a witch to be a failure—or to be nothing at all?