Awards
An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Synopses & Reviews
★
“Brings fresh blood to the vampire mythos.”—Publishers Weekly
, Starred In a bitter winter, Tomas and his son, Peter, settle in a small village as woodcutters. Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut so that they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesnt understand why his father has done this, or why his father carries a long, battered box, whose mysterious contents he is forbidden to know.
But Tomas is a man with a past—a past that is tracking him with deadly intent. As surely as the snow falls softly in the forest of a hundred thousand silver birch trees, father and son must face a soulless enemy and a terrifying destiny.
A Junior Library Guild Selection
An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Review
"Brings fresh blood to the vampire mythos." Publishers Weekly, Starred
Review
"Sedgwick knows his way around a gothic setting, and readers will likely devour this bone-chiller." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
When Tomas and his son, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut, so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn't understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long, battered box, whose mysterious contents he is forbidden to know.
But Tomas is a man with a past: a past that is tracking him with deadly intent, and when the dead of Chust begin to rise from their graves, both father and son must face a soulless enemy and a terrifying destiny.
Synopsis
Originally published: Great Britain: Orion Children's Books, 2006.
About the Author
By day Marcus Sedgwick works in children's publishing, and by night he is the drummer in a rock band in Brighton, England. He lives in Sussex with his wife, Pippa, and has a daughter, Alice.