When Cassandra receives an exceedingly ugly necklace for her birthday from her long-lost mother she is reluctant to try it on, but when she does she finds herself in a startling new world. Morphea is her mother's world - a place where the myths and legends of our world are a lived and continuous reality. When she is pursued by a witch called Hecate and kidnapped by the Ferryman Charon, she must find her way back home and rescue her father from the sinister Dr Proteus. But will she leave this place where the pull of her mother is so very strong? Author Biography: Dr Karen Brooks currently lectures at Sunshine Coast University in the areas of youth culture, film, music, literature and cultural theory. She has made an enormous impact in her brief time on the coast, her units and research attracting local, national and international attention. She has a regular talkback segment on Sunshine Coast Sea FM radio.

It is the last day of school before the Christmas Holidays and Caz Klein has incurred the wrath of the nasty Deputy Principal, Miss Snodgrass, and been given detention. Annoyed with Caz for being so stupid, Simon argues with her and a fight ensues. Miss Snodgrass arrives to break it up, but not before Caz inadvertently activates her necklace and drags Simon with her into the fantastical world of Morphea.

Caz and Simon must resist Dr Proteus' attempts to gain her magical necklace and reclaim the Book of Night from Hecate's clutches.