' Are you brave?' When the mysterious Amelia Pigeon turns up at Kirby's bedroom window in the dead of night this is the question she asks him -- right before they tumble into a world of ancient malevolent spirits who have torn their way into Kirby's quiet seaside village Kirby isn't feeling brave at all His mother is in a coma following a freak (or was it?) accident & he's hardly talking to his dad He's convinced a spider is spying on him & now a weird girl in a yellow raincoat -- who claims to be a powerful evil-banishing Shadowsmith -- is dragging him into unknown danger How brave is he really? Ross Mac Kenzie author of award-winning The Nowhere Emporium weaves a world of magic & adventure which twists & turns magnificently & keeps thrilled young readers guessing right to the end