S. Begum

The Static in the Data (The State of Reality Trilogy: Book One)

Data analyst Zahra Khan finds safety in spreadsheets, masking her autism and social anxiety behind a wall of cold logic. But as depression pulls her into a deep, unconscious sleep, she wakes in a fractured Mirror London of floating debris and headless horrors. To survive the "Static" bleeding into her reality, Zahra must use telekinetic powers to restore her warped past. But every memory healed is a piece of her soul lost to the dark. #MentalHealth #AutisticLead #MirrorVerse #DarkSelf

The Coral Bride

When his sister vanishes during a storm, a boy discovers the truth behind the village’s curse—girls taken by the sea return as coral-encrusted mermaids haunting the reefs. To save her, he strikes a bargain to follow her beneath the waves, but every step closer to rescue pulls him deeper into transformation. #DarkFantasy #YAReads #Fantasy #Mermaids #fantasyreads

The Tide That Forgot

When the ocean forgets its own rhythms, sixteen-year-old Kaia must strike a bargain with a being made of tides and memory. To save her grandmother’s fading mind and her island’s future, she dives into ancient stories, dangerous depths, and a bond between sea and soul that cannot be broken. #YAFantasy #MagicalRealism #ComingOfAge #BookTok #FantasyReads