FEATURING:

- Gray-Asexual FMC!

- Magic System Based on Card Suits!

- Pansexual Catboy Thief!

- Terrifying Ink Beasties!

- Starcrossed Lovers!

Spice Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

RAINBOW CRATE EXCLUSIVES:

- All-new dust jacket illustrated by @DelaneyJanuzzi!

- Cover and interior design by Rainbow Crate!

- Illustrated hardcase design by @LuposLipaPhobya!

- Illustrated art endpapers by Akkaccel!

- Printed edges designed by @DelaneyJanuzzi!

- Bonus Art Gallery!

- Signed by the Author!

Synopsis: The era of magic was once thought to be a myth, but after the Reemergence ushered forces both dark and light into the mundane world, it has since become a harsh reality. Now those affected by this strange power—a specialized group of Empowered, called Jokers, known collectively as Cardplay—must protect their world from the darkness that threatens to consume it, all the while fighting for equality in a society clinging to normalcy.

But the Reemergence was only the beginning.

When another influx occurs on the seventh anniversary of that fateful event, an unfortunate encounter at ground zero lands Iori Ryone, a teenage boy in possession of a corrupt and legendary magic, in the care of recent Joker graduate Ellen Amelia Jane. From him, she learns the Reemergence may not have been the inevitable natural disaster it first seemed.

Someone is trying to tear down the barrier that separates the magical realms from the mundane. The question is, can Cardplay stop them before it’s too late?

Rep: East Asian-coded pansexual male mc, gray-asexual female mc, aromantic bisexual male deuteragonist, South Asian/Middle Eastern-coded demiromantic/demisexual female deuteragonist, supporting cast is racially diverse and largely queer.

CWs: Coarse language, blood, violence, some gore (moments of graphic violence/torture), on-page character death, body horror, harassment/bullying, vomiting, poisoning, amnesia, anxiety, PTSD, panic attacks, bereavement, trauma related to kidnapping/physical abuse, parent death (discussed, glimpsed in flashbacks), car accident (discussed, glimpsed in flashbacks), one instance of a forced kiss (not intended to be romantic or sexual)