Novel for young adults about a sinister town and a group of teenagers who together have the power to rid the town of evil if they can unravel the messages from the past. By the author of 'Obernewtyn', shortlisted for the 1988 Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book of the Year Award, 'The Farseekers', an honour book in the same category in 1991, and 'Scatterlings', winner of the 1992 Variety Club Young People's Talking Book of the Year Award.