A brilliant supernatural thriller with a modern twist, and a triumphant return from one of Britain's best-loved writers. On the outskirts of an ordinary coastal town lies a dilapidated old house, rumoured to be haunted - the perfect place for a group of teenagers to hang out. Perfect that is, until they find a children's book in the basement, full of strange tales of a playing-card world inhabited by Jacks, Queens and Kings, unicorns and wolves. But the book is no fairytale. Written by a mysterious turn-of-the-century occultist, it just might be the gateway to something terrifying...and awfully final.