In present-day Afghanistan, Fatima is a Hazara girl, raised to be obedient and dutiful.

Tom Ward is the spook, the one person who can defend the county from ghosts, ghasts, boggarts, witches, and other bloodthirsty creatures of the dark.

There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her.

Outside, Anika Dragomir is all lip gloss and blond hair

Salome Montgomery fears winter

Caddie can

This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor.

For Davis Morrow, perfection is a daily reality.

"When I was little I believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics."

It's summer in St Kilda.