Tim Clare

Delphine Venner is an old woman now, but she remembers everything. She remembers what the terrifying creatures from another world took from her all those years ago. And in that other world, Avalonia, someone waits for Delphine. Hagar, a centuries-old assassin, is planning one final death - the death that will cost her everything. The death which requires Delphine.

1935, Norfolk. War is looming and the sprawling country estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Thirteen year old Delphine is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall's elite society, but she uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined...