When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter'scompanion, she's transported from her humble island home to agrand house in the Scottish borderlands. Why has she really beensummoned here? And will she ever make it back home?
When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter'scompanion, she's transported from her humble island home to agrand house in the Scottish borderlands. Why has she really beensummoned here? And will she ever make it back home?
A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans ofMary Shelley!'[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation ofa weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a crackingmystery at it's core.' THE TIMES'Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recentgothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars:deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injectionof horror.' THE OBSERVER'[An] atmospheric gothic chiller' THE INDEPENDENTWhen Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter'scompanion, she's transported from her humble island home toa grand house in the Scottish borderlands.Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it backhome?A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set inthe Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice.Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gentlyfantastical elements.Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's FictionCompetition 2018; the first YA entry to win.
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