Sleepless Domain - Book One: The Price of Magic

by Mary Cagle

Overview

In this compelling and full-color graphic novel series also serialized online as a webcomic, a team of Magical Girls face mortal danger and dark secrets in their city.

Team Alchemical: A group of Magical Girls who defend their city from fiendish monsters that prowl by night. The adoring idol culture surrounding these girls, along with the genuine life-or-death struggles they face each night, forces them to grow up quickly and under severe pressure. When tragedy strikes, the team’s least confident supporting member, Undine, must step up and learn to fight her own battles.

A book from the Seven Seas + Hiveworks label.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781648276507
Publisher:	Seven Seas Entertainment
Publication date:	10/26/2021
Series:	Sleepless Domain , #1
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,059,393
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Mary Cagle is an artist and comic creator from America, best known for webcomics Let's Speak English, Kiwi Blitz, and Sleepless Domain.

Editorial Reviews

10/11/2021

Magical Girls are the last barrier of defense in a city plagued by nightly monster attacks. Public favorite Team Alchemical uses their elemental powers every evening between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Consisting of glamorous, blonde, pale Alchemical Air, Sylvia Skylark; stoic, brown-haired, light brown–skinned Alchemical Earth, Gwen Morita; timid, blue-haired, brown-skinned Alchemical Water, Undine Wells; impulsive, redheaded, light-skinned Alchemical Fire, Sally Fintan; and powerful leader, pink-haired, tan-skinned Alchemical Aether, Tessa Quinn, the quintet easily fends off monsters by combining their powers. When a leadership disagreement arises, however, Tessa opts out of patrol, leading to devastating tragedy. As resolute Undine decides to continue as a solo Magical Girl, she finds friendship with outspoken pink-haired, light-skinned soloist Kokoro, aka Heartful Punch, even as a shadowy presence haunts Undine and she must learn to navigate some consequences on her own. In this first collected volume of the ongoing webcomic, Cagle (Let’s Speak English) offers a sinister flip side to the oft-sweet magical girl genre, juxtaposing brightly colored, big-eyed, and innocent character designs with darker visual elements while exploring topics such as survivor’s guilt, power, and exploitation, making for a propulsive series starter. Back matter features concepts and commentary. Ages 13–up. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly