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Howland is a place where darkness falls faster than sunrise, leaving its people without a word for evening. One minute the sky is lit; the next it is a suffocating black, unilluminated by moon or stars. In this strange twilight, the townspeople guard their homes against the fearsome "kinderstalk," wandering forest spirits that prey on children. When Annie Trewitt overhears her uncle plotting severe harm against her, she narrowly escapes to the only place he cannot follow: the forest. There, Annie discovers that both the kinderstalk and the residents of Howland hide deeper mysteries. Her escape leads her from the depths of wild woods through the glittering halls of the palace, drawing her closer to a darker, vast evil that surpasses the night itself.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: M. E. Breen
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