Gill Wilsher

In this collection of suspenseful tales in which fantasies, murderous dreams and half-forgotten worlds are exposed, Daphne du Maurier explores the boundaries of reality and imagination. Includes 'Blue Lenses'.

In 1945 central Europe is in upheaval, communities destroyed and the social order changed forever. Count Michael Blansky is forced to abandon his ancestral castle and join the flood of refugees, but he leaves behind a tangled legacy.

Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she's lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.

Callum is a nought: he's considered to be less than nothing - a blanker, there to serve Crosses - but he dreams of a better life.

They've been friends since they were children, and they both know that's as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies - love is out of the question.

Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other.

But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger... and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.