Tom Swinton is not looking forward to the summer. His parents are dead, and he is going to have to spend the holidays in his boarding school. But when he receives a mysterious letter inviting him to come to his uncle's farm, he is determined to go, even though he has never heard of this uncle, James Swinton, commonly known as Jack. His uncle seems genial enough at first; but the silver-haired and silver-eyed boy, Kit, who does most of the work about Mundham Farm, is fearful and strange; and the attractive young woman, Zita, who keeps house and prepares mysterious potions, is certainly no ordinary housekeeper. Jack reveals to Tom that he needs his help to protect the farm from unspecified forces, and his principal duty will be to work with Kit to "make the wards" – which is a way of surrounding the farm with some kind of magical protection. Jack explains that the farm can only be properly protected if a Swinton performs this ritual, and since Tom is the last of the line, it...

The gods are abandoning the earth, tempted by other worlds where they can live in peace, and only a few retain an interest in the mortals left behind. In their place, darker and more ancient forces are wakening...Silvius, the son of Aeneas, is given a task by a dying centaur. The dark god Python is rising and massing an army of unstoppable power. The only thing that can save the world is the Arrow of Apollo – but it has been split into two. Against his father's wishes, Silvius and his friend Elissa must travel to the land of their sworn enemies, the Acheans.Meanwhile, Tisamenos, the son of Orestes, is facing his own dangers in the kinghouse of Mykenai. A plot is afoot against both him and his father, and he is the only one who can stop it.When Silvius, Elissa and Tisamenos meet, they enter a final, terrifying race to bring together the pieces of the Arrow and use it to lay Python low once more.

Compelling modern fantasy that sees modern-day London threatened by sinister ancient forces On his first trip to London to stay with his glamorous aunt and uncle for Christmas, Ivo Moncrieff steps off the train and stumbles into a nightmare. As he is waiting on the tube platform, a stranger thrusts a mysterious object into his hand, desperately muttering some unfamiliar words to him. On-board the tube moments later, the carriage next to Ivo's is overcome with panic and when they enter the next station the passengers disembark to find that the stranger's body has been brutally dismembered. Ivo guesses that perpetrators must want the object, and if they find out he has it, he will be their next target. But the attack on the tube is part of a larger scheme to bring chaos to the heart of London. As the capital seems in danger of sliding into anarchy, Ivo faces a race against time to break the ancient power of the Liberators, a power that has lain dormant for centuries but now...

Over four hundred years ago a book is buried within the grounds of Oldstone Manor. There it lies, shrouded in a brooding curse, until one day the earth stirs and the book is discovered once more...As twelve-year-old Edward Pollock starts to turn the pages of an ancient book, he is drawn into a place that is both terrifying and bewitching. A place where dark forces imperil charmed lands. Soon Edward begins to realise that malicious powers are at play. The wall between man and ghost is weakening, and the world beyond is threatening great fear and destruction ...