The Shadowing · #1
Hunted
The girl lies by the canal, her face turned upwards like a stargazer. But she will never see the stars again. Her eyes have been torn out. The rain fills the empty sockets until they brim over, spilling bloody tears down her cold, white cheeks. Once every century, the boundary between the demon Netherworld and the human world weakens. Legions of creatures gather, preparing to cross over, to bring death and destruction. This time is called The Shadowing. Callum has always known that there is something beyond the mortal world - he can see ghosts. Lately, he's started to have horrific visions of children murdered by some terrible, unseen creature. And then the visions start to come true - and Callum realises he is being hunted too. But Callum must stay alive. He is bound by a dark destiny, and must stand against the demon forces that threaten our world forever. For it is nearly time. The Shadowing is coming...
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There is a world that exists alongside our own – one that most people will only ever encounter for a moment, and dismiss as myth or legend. But teenager Callum Scott knows different. He sees ghosts and demons wherever he goes. He is a chime child, born at a time that allows him unique abilities to see these creatures, and that gives him powers of healing, powers of protection. It is, after all, the chime children\'s job to defend the Boundary between our mortal world and that of the supernatural – the Netherworld. But now all the others are dead. Callum is the only chime child left. And the time of the Shadowing is upon us...
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Once every century, during a cycle of thirteen moons, the Boundary weakens and countless ghouls and demons cross into the mortal world: the Shadowing. Only Callum can stop the alliance between mortal magicians and the Demon Lord from making the Shadowing permanent. And the only real help he has is from a Born Dead ghost boy, Jacob, and his demonic dog, Doom.
But there is nowhere to hide once the gateway of evil is open...
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