Corpse-candles. Phantom funerals. The bird of death. It was insidious...For Bethan, the schoolteacher, the old superstitions woven into the social fabric of her West Wales village are primitive and distasteful. Which is why she's pleased to welcome the sophisticated newcomers: London journalist Giles Freeman and his wife Claire. Surely they'll let in some fresh air? But the Freemans are keen to absorb this different culture, a whole new way of life - rejecting the advice of an old colleague who warns them of a hard and bitter land where they've always danced on the edge of the abyss. They soon learn that this community hides an ancient, bloody and pagan secret - one that will haunt them forever...
'Take the phone off the hook' - Daily Express
'Authentic shudders... some wonderful touches of the bizarre' - EVENING STANDARD
'A brooding first novel... credibly fuses Celtic myth with contemporary Welsh politics' - The Sunday Telegraph
'No shortage of excitement' - Daily Telegraph
'From the moment it arrived in the post, I was hooked... highly readable... and fascinating' - Daily Telegraph
'I couldn't put it down. Spookily sinister, pacy and beautifully descriptive.' - Barbara Erskine
Grimly sinister. Written with blood-curdling aplomb. --Sunday Telegraph
Gripping throughout. Powerful, classic stuff. --The Times
Crisp prose, excellent dialogue and a real sense of mounting evil. --Time Out
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