A chilling YA novel set in a world overrun by plague and demonsâand a group of teens doing anything they can to surviveThere have always been castles in the valley, and the people have always been under threat. Theyâve always needed those thick walls, the protection of that enclosing stone. Non feels like she needs it more than most, because her mother was infected by the demons that live in the woods.
As the doctorâs daughter, Non had planned a career in medicineâpartly to please her father, but also because it would keep her inside the protective walls of the citadel. When plague strikes the citadel, all the teenagers are evacuated to the ruined Cirtop Castle. While there, she's given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to study the demons that sheâs always feared. But will she be brave enough to take it? In the footsteps of Jelly, Rees's brilliant and original debut novel, comes a new story of survival and communityâand just a little bit...
