As soon as Alfred arrives at his granny's cottage, he feels like he's being watched. There are steep cliffs and dark forests all around, teeming with unfamiliar life - even odd little faerie creatures only Alfred can see.
When free-spirited Saga bursts into his life, he begins to appreciate the beauty of these places that have always scared him. But this special world is under threat: Alfred's dad is working on a project to dig a giant tunnel through the landscape for a motorway.
As he joins Saga in the community protests against the plan, Alfred draws ever closer to the strange world of the faerie creatures, following a thread that seems to be leading him deep into secrets from his family's past.
H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi, which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she's not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos.
