"A real creepy crawly ... Recommended to those who like their thrills chilled." - Evening Standard "John Blackburn lives right up to his reputation for the eerie and the sinister." - The Guardian "A stylish, genuinely chilling author. Blackburn"s devils do not loom vaguely in the background, but seem unstoppable and are among the most malevolent portrayals in the genre." - St James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers "An accomplished writer." - Spectator Three directors of the Van Traylen Fellowship have died in gruesome ways, and now a bus carrying children to the Fellowship"s orphanage has crashed, killing the driver and injuring seven-year-old Mary Valley. While in hospital, Mary, the daughter of triple murderess Anna Harb, suffers horrifying nightmares, and psychiatrist Peter Haynes believes she is mentally ill. Is it schizophrenia, or is there another explanation for the strange and vivid images she sees: memories of a past life, psychic...