The darkness with a smile in it. Something is killing the children of Lac de Thé, a tiny Quebec town. No-one sees it. It leaves no evidence. The only suspect is a character from a centuries-old folk tale, and the only safety appears to depend on following the story's ancient rule: all children must be indoors at home by seven o'clock. Now, a mysterious government agent has summoned Adam Godwinson, former priest and book dealer, to help bring an end to the deaths, but the consequences of his last brush with the unthinkable lie heavily on him, and it may be Adam who needs rescuing most of all if anything is going to be done about Bonhomme Sept-Heures.

Evan May is a freelance writer and history professor who lives in Ottawa, Canada. He studied creative writing at the University of Windsor before moving on to study medieval history, concentrating on scamps and troublemakers in 15th century England. He has recently returned to writing down the strange things that live in his head. When not writing or teaching, Evan enjoys distance running and tending to the whims of two lazy cats.

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