London: Bodley Head Children's Books, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, written for young adults - described as "both gruesome and compelling, chilling and page-turning." When young journalist Ashley Reeves receives an intriguing letter, about an unusual species of insect - the Ganges Red - he sets of to Aries Island where he encounters the eccentric writer of the letter, and finds himself in a macabre nightmare when he unearths the horrific truth. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 978-0370328836.