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The Summoning

On sale

4th September 2008

Price: £9.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9780748108701

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‘Terrifying ghosts, smatterings of gore and diverse teen voices will prompt young adults to pick up the next in this series.’ – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

‘Action, danger, supernatural secrets, and a hint of romance–Armstrong’s world is one in which trusting the wrong person can have dire consequences. You’ll be desperate for a sequel.’ – Melissa Marr

All Chloe Saunders wants is a life like any normal teenager – the chance to get through school, make friends, and maybe meet a boy. But when she starts seeing ghosts, she knows that life will never be normal again.
Soon ghosts are everywhere, demanding her attention.

When Chloe finally breaks down, she’s admitted to a group home for disturbed kids. At first Lyle House seems okay, but as she gets to know the other patients – charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek; obnoxious Tori; and Rae, who has a ‘thing’ for fire – Chloe begins to realise that something strange and sinister binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual ‘problem kid’ behaviour.

And they’re about to discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home, either . . .

The first book in the Darkest Powers trilogy – the first YA series by #1 bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.

Books by Kelley Armstrong:

Women of the Otherworld series
Bitten
Stolen
Dime Store Magic
Industrial Magic
Haunted
Broken
No Humans Involved
Personal Demon
Living with the Dead
Frost Bitten
Walking the Witch
Spellbound
Thirteen

Nadia Stafford
Exit Strategy
Made to be Broken
Wild Justice

Rockton
City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey
Watcher in the Woods
Alone in the Wild

Darkest Powers
The Summoning
The Awakening
The Reckoning

Otherworld Tales
Men of the Otherworld
Tales of the Otherworld
Otherworld Nights
Otherworld Secrets
Otherworld Chills

Darkness Rising
The Gathering
The Calling
The Rising

Cainsville
Omens
Visions
Deceptions
Betrayals
Rituals

Reviews

VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES
Suspenseful, well-written and engaging.
KIRKUS REVIEWS
Teen readers might scream loud enough to raise the dead.
BULLETIN OF THE CENTRE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
...splendidly haunting, with hair-raising suspense, disturbing effects, and a running undercurrent of unease.