Advent
published by
Hodder UK, Atria US
(2012)
Once there were virtues in the stars and mermaids in the seas; but then a gift was lost, and all of that became no more than the stuff of fantasy.
What if it came back?
Everyone tells fifteen-year-old Gavin that the things he sees aren`t really there. He hardly believes himself any more.
Then he's sent to stay with his aunt in Cornwall. She`s not there to meet him. But other things are, things no one will be able to ignore.
Magic is coming back, bringing terrible things with it . . .