New York: Putnam, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a dark-edged fantasy for young adults, set on the Yorkshire coastline of cliffs and moors. "Vicar Obadiah Demurral isn't satisfied running the affairs of his village--now he wants to control the world. And if his plan works, he will obtain a weapon so powerful even God and his angels will fall down at his feet. Demoral will stop at nothing ,and as a shadowmancer - a sorcerer who speaks to the dead - he even commands restless souls to do his bidding." Originally self-published by the author in England. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-399242562.