Advent - by James Treadwell (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Magic abounds in this "bewitchingly perplexing and supernaturally entertaining" (Kirkus Reviews) debut, and "readers of Susan Cooper and Alan Garner will rejoice to find...[a] trilogy worthy of sharing their shelf" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Don't miss the whole series--Anarchy and the forthcoming Arcadia!

When Gavin Stokes visits an estranged family member at Pendurra, a distant estate in Cornwall, the last thing he expects is to enter a world where the consequences of an ancient betrayal are being played out. If he accepts the challenge that this new world presents, he must confront an ancient evil and the crimes of the past that have taken the form of ghosts, like Miss Grey, who has haunted him from earliest childhood, and Marina, a little girl who also lives at Pendurra, and Swanny, Marina's mother, a mermaid. What Gavin soon discovers is that magic is real...and menacingly dangerous.

Review Quotes

"A treasure."-- "Publishers Weekly"

"A stunning debut." --Deborah Harkness, New York Times bestselling author of A Discover of Witches

"Its classic story of good versus evil as well as its haunting characters ad rich, inspired imagery will remain with readers long after they turn the final page." --Library Journal

"Ripe with literary language and classical references, Treadwell's novel shape-shifts between bewitchingly perplexing and supernaturally entertaining." --Kirkus

"Treadwell makes marvels from the simplest materials--a blooming rose, a rowan walking stick, a traditional carol--and brings his landscape to frightening and fascinating life. Readers of Susan Cooper and Alan Garner will rejoice to find the first of a new trilogy worthy of sharing their shelf." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)