Jessica Raven dreams of finding a cure for her brother's fatal illness, but she knows it isn't going to happen. Then on holiday in France she meets a strange ragged band of children. Who are they? What do they want from her so urgently? And who is Jean-Luc, the attractive but mysterious young man who seems to be in charge? Jess is caught up in a game that's more than a game. How can she free |Jean-Luc from the terrifying children, undead guardians of a priceless treasure? Maybe only Adam could help her. But Adam is dying, and the only man who could save him is lost . . . lost in a nightmare of the Nazi occupation. "A novel of singular completeness and perfection . . . "Junior Bookshelf