As elder brothers often do, Michael had always thought there was something a little odd about his sister Lucy, but it surprised them both to find that she had more in common with the five peculiar children of the Riley family than either of them could have ever imagined. The discovery that ancient powers of good and evil were battling for supremacy all around them turned their world upside down. Lucy knew of her own unique abilities and had kept them secret. Now, she and the Riley children had little choice but to use their powers to fight a particularly aggressive dalwight, or risk losing the powers forever - or worse. It was difficult for Michael when he knew of the special abilities of the others and had none of his own, and yet there was something he shared with the tall, dark Myra Riley, something very strange that seemed to connect them even more closely than the connection with his own sister. Whatever it was, without it their battle against the dalwights might have ended very differently... This first novel from Miles Goodenuff is a fast-moving adventure story for children and adults.