Children Have Always Disappeared From Eleanor West's Home For Wayward Children Under The Right Conditions; Slipping Through The Shadows Under A Bed Or At The Back Of A Wardrobe, Tumbling Down Rabbit Holes And Into Old Wells, And Emerging Somewhere... Else. But Magical Lands Have Little Need For Used-up Miracle Children. Nancy Tumbled Once, But Now She's Back. The Things She's Experienced... They Change A Person. The Children Under Miss West's Care Understand All Too Well. And Each Of Them Is Seeking A Way Back To Their Own Fantasy World. But Nancy's Arrival Marks A Change At The Home. There's A Darkness Just Around Each Corner, And When Tragedy Strikes, It's Up To Nancy And Her New-found Schoolmates To Get To The Heart Of The Matter. No Matter The Cost. Seanan Mcguire.