In Storybook, California, nothing truly bad ever happens... until it does.
"The fog doesn't just hide the trees, Louie. It hides the things that shouldn't be here."
Storybook, California is a "peculiarly happy" town. Surrounded by towering redwoods and draped in a constant, comforting fog, its Victorian storefronts and cobblestone streets feel like a sanctuary from the world. But when star athlete Xavier Conejo vanishes near an enchanted lake, the happiness begins to curd.
Louie Leon, a powerful twelve-year-old witch from a founding family, is the prime suspect. With her wand seized and her future at stake, she must navigate a web of magical law, ancient oaths, and a charismatic antagonist who will stop at nothing to preserve a brutal legacy. Meanwhile, Xavier wakes up in the forest—trapped in the body of a cat, unable to scream for help.
Bold, smart, and reckless. A powerful young witch whose world is shattered when she's blamed for a crime she didn't commit.
The town's golden boy. He knew nothing of magic until he was transformed into a cat and left to die in the Sky Forest.
Legacy-obsessed and dangerously ambitious. She hides a brutal ideology behind a mask of perfect respectability.
The non-magical sheriff of Storybook. He always found the town's cheerfulness eerie—now he knows why.
The forbidden redwood forest bordering the Leon estate. It's home to creatures that haven't been seen in the "normal" world for centuries.
Shaped like a sleeping kitten from above. The "paw" side is for picnics; the "head" side is doorway-old and strictly forbidden.
A peculiar technological dead zone. Electronics fail at the town's edges, but work perfectly in a donut-shaped ring around the center.