"Shadow of the Last Bastet"

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Nephthys "Neph" Shadowpaw has spent her entire life surviving in the gutters of Cogsworth—a sprawling industrial city where steam engines belch smoke and magical beings vanish in the night. She's always been different: shadows bend toward her, and strange glimmers dance at the edges of her vision. But in a world where being noticed means being hunted, Neph has learned to stay invisible. When Ironheart Industries begins capturing magical creatures to power their machines with stolen life force, Neph wants nothing to do with it. But when her misfit friends—a clockwork-enhanced rat, a cryptic raven, and an ancient toad, drag her into their desperate resistance, her carefully hidden powers awaken with terrifying force. Neph is the last descendant of the Bastet Order, an ancient Egyptian mystical lineage with the power to walk through shadows and guard the boundary between worlds. Lord Aldric Blackwood, the industrialist responsible for the magical purge, knows it too—and he'll stop at nothing to capture her. Now Neph faces an impossible choice: continue hiding in the shadows where she's safe but powerless, or step into the light and embrace her heritage as a guardian—even if it makes her a target. Because the ley lines are dying, magic is fading from the world, and her friends are running out of time. In the ruins of an underground temple, Neph will discover the truth about who she was meant to be. But can a street cat who's only ever fought for survival learn to fight for something greater? Discover this whimsical yet dark adventure where brass gears clash with ancient hieroglyphs, and one small cat must become the guardian her world desperately needs.