![]() ![]() Looking down from the cliff, I could imagine the wind burned and weather beaten aufwaders wandering the sands and peering into rock pools. "The appearance of the fisher-folk was based on the inhabitants of Victorian Whitby as captured in the wonderful sepia photographs of the time. In the Whitby Witches I have interwoven many of the existing local legends, such as the frightening Barguest, whilst inventing a few of my own, most notably the aufwaders." ![]() ![]() Listening to Carmina Burana on my headphones, I explored the ruined abbey on the clifftop. It was a grey, drizzling day but that only added to the haunting beauty and lonely atmosphere of the place. "The first time I visited Whitby, I stepped off the train and knew I was somewhere very special. What he finds there might save Whitby from the most powerful evil. ![]() The fate of the world is about to be decided and the secretive aufwaders are the key to its survival.Īs the evil spreads, Ben steals away on furtive errands that take him to the town graveyard and the dark caves along Whitby's rocky shore. And a centuries old beast disturbs Jennet's dreams. A young woman dressed in white haunts Whitby's crumbling abbey. Suddenly, Alice's friends are mysteriously dying. Shortly after Ben and Jennet arrive in Whitby, it becomes clear that an evil force from the town's past is on the rise again. Unbeknownst to the children, Aunt Alice has a few secrets of her own. ![]()
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