Gargoyles of the Loop

About this book

In contemporary Chicago, the Rivera family lives above their grandfather's corner bodega, secretly serving as the last Animators—a lineage that temporarily awakens stone gargoyles and architectural details into guardians to absorb the city's emotional residue. As a shadowy real-estate consortium begins aggressively demolishing protected buildings to construct glass towers, the magical ecosystem collapses, unleashing unbound emotional entities known as Raws. Violent storms of human ugliness, such as greed-fueled swarm clouds and grief-made razor hail, threaten the city. The Rivera siblings and their fractured family must navigate the brutal emotional toll of their magic, deciding whether to sacrifice their own positive emotions to protect a gentrifying city, or let the historic buildings fall and lose the magic that binds them together.

Book details

Genres:

Drama, Urban Fantasy

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-06

Content rating:

R