When their search for a woman who, after being struck by lightning twice vanishes without a trace, leads them to place folded away from reality, Angela, Vince and Dean must stop creatures of myth from starting a war with man. Original.
"In France, a woman is struck by lightning and survives, a bizarre pattern of burns on her body. Days later, against all odds, she is struck again and vanishes without a trace. The search for her leads to a place folded away from reality, ruled by the immortal fairy who had been held prisoner by Mary Rock. Hugely powerful, he has been driven mad, stealing people who have vanished. A power struggle ensues among the creatures of myth who seek to launch a war against man. It falls upon Angela, Vince, and Dean to stop them before they succeed."--Provided by publisher.
"Lebbon is a master of drip-feeding horror and suspense" - The Guardian on Relics.A gripping dark fantasy from the author of The Silence, now a major film on Netflix.There exists a secret and highly illegal trade in mythological creatures and their artifacts. Certain individuals pay fortunes for a sliver of a satyr's hoof, a gryphon's claw, a basilisk's scale, or an angel's wing. Embroiled in the hidden world of the Relics, creatures known as the Kin, Angela Gough is now on the run in the United States. Forty years ago the town of Longford was the site of a deadly disease outbreak that wiped out the entire population. The infection was contained, the town isolated, and the valley in which it sits flooded and turned into a reservoir. The truth--that the outbreak was intentional, and not every resident of Longford died--disappeared beneath the waves.Now the town is revealed again. The Kin have an interest in the ruins, and soon the fairy Grace and the Nephilim leader Mallian are also drawn to them. The infection has risen from beneath silent waters, and this forgotten town becomes the focus of the looming battle between humankind and the Kin.