Emerald Greene: Instruments of Darkness

by Daniel Blythe

'Evil is not something abstract, something invented - it comes from us, from deep within us. And, yes, there is evil here.'

Jess Mathieson finds herself spending summer in the sleepy, picturesque village of Little Brockwell. However, it soon becomes clear that the village is not as quiet as it seems.

Why are the local children disappearing one by one, and where is the absent schoolmistress? What is the secret of the ancient oak known as the Whispering Tree? And are spectral horses really riding through the village streets at night - or do they exist only in children's nightmares?

Before long Jess, her friend Richie and local boy Ben are embroiled in a terrifying mystery involving ancient curses, the power of dreams and the dark lands of sleep.

The only person who can solve the mystery is the enigmatic girl known as Emerald Greene - but she is nowhere to be found...

Emerald Greene: Instruments of Darkness is the exciting sequel to Emerald Greene and the Witch Stones, also by Daniel Blythe.

300 pages, Paperback

Published March 12, 2017

About the author

Daniel Blythe was born in Maidstone and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and St John’s College, Oxford. He is the author of three Doctor Who novels including Autonomy, as well as the novels The Cut, Losing Faith and This Is The Day. He has also written the non-fiction books The Encyclopaedia Of Classic 80s Pop, I Hate Christmas: A Manifesto for the Modern-Day Scrooge, Dadlands: The Alternative Handbook For New Fathers, the irreverent politics primer X Marks The Box and the collectors' guide Collecting Gadgets and Games from the 1950s-90s. In 2012, Chicken House published his book for younger readers, Shadow Runners. His Emerald Greene books for younger readers are also out now. Daniel now lives in Yorkshire, on the edge of the Peak District, with his wife and two children.