The alley wasn't there yesterday.
Walt Greer discovers it on his walk home from work: a narrow passage glowing with warm lantern light and lined with quiet market stalls. Inside, vendors sell things that shouldn't exist-objects that can change a life in a single moment.
A watch that rewinds time.
A bottle that heals the dying.
A photograph that moves.
An eye that sees the truth.
There is only one rule.
Every bargain has a price.
When investigative reporter Cassie Drum begins connecting a series of impossible stories across the city-a boy who has lost his name, a widow whose dead husband moves inside a photograph, a nurse who can see things hiding beneath human skin-she discovers that each of them visited the same mysterious market.
The Bizarre Bazaar appears only when someone needs something badly enough.
But the objects it sells don't just change lives.
They open doors.
And something on the other side has started to notice.
As the bargains multiply and reality itself begins to fracture, Cassie must uncover the truth about the Bazaar before the final door opens-because once the market finishes its work, the world outside may never close again.
What would you trade to get exactly what you want?