The Gathering

First Published:
Australia: Penguin (Puffin), 1993
US: Dial, 1994 [Out of Print]
UK: Penguin (Puffin), 1996 [Out of Print]
 
"Outside the wind was blowing the wrong way and the world was filled with the smell of death..."
 
Something is wrong with Cheshunt. Nathanial feels it the moment he arrives. It is not the model neighbourhood it appears to be – strange things happen, despite the curfew.

And soon Nathanial learns that his presence is no accident. As the dark calls its own, so does the light draw its champions...
 
What the critics had to say about The Gathering:
 "Wonderfully written ... warm, funny, endearing, compelling, chilling, heart-stopping ... read it!"
~ Magpies