After a painful friendship breakup, Nell Andrews is determined to find the magic in life again. She joins an online fantasy community filled with side quests, whimsical adventures and new friends, and slowly, ordinary life begins to feel a little enchanted.

Nell turned the little ceramic ghost over in her hand. It was smiling at her sweetly, a lantern glued to its ghostly arm. A black button at the base instructed her to ‘press me.’ She did, and the lantern lit up with a soft glow.

There was enough time to make coffee.

There was enough time to make coffee and toast and comfortably drink and eat both. Nell stayed rooted to the couch, her laptop balancing on her knee, diligently watching as the minutes ticked by. Now she had decided to join the Armoury—to finally do something that was everything and nothing to do with the last five months—she couldn’t wait.