A cataclysm is inevitable. The Black King is inexorably awakening—and at the moment of his awakening, the Universe will be erased. Only the Keeper can save everything—by agreeing to guard his sleep. But who would dare take on such a duty, if even Alice Liddell couldn’t stand it? A girl named Tayna continues her travels through time and space: what happens becomes ever more wondrous, and besides that, a mysterious Puppet Master is hunting her. And what should one do when the very worlds around them begin to crumble into pieces?
“Awakening” by Tamara and German Rylsky — the second book in the postmodern teenage fantasy series “Noktambula,” inspired by Lewis Carroll. “Noktambula” comes from the Latin noctis (“night”) and ambulare (“to wander”).