In an old stone house in an empty world a traveller yearns for a Withern Rise haunted by tragedy. In two identical realities there are glimpses of people who shouldn't be there and whispers in the night. In the tangled heart of a dying forest a seventeen year old outcast plots bloody vengeance.
In the many realities of Withern Rise, Alaric and Naia are facing life-changing events.

This is volume 3 in The Aldous Lexicon .

There are 320 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Hachette Children's Group .

Michael Lawrence has been writing children's books for over twenty years and is best-known for creating the award-winning and best-selling series, Jiggy McCue.