The Map and The Stone

by Sarah Barnard, Mairi Frost (Illustrator), Sarah Williams (Illustrator)

Rhys is ten years old and he lives, with his mum, in a tiny house on a council estate.


Rhys is called a day-dreamer by his teacher at school, and he's always staying behind to finish his work.


But, out of the corner of his eye, Rhys can see something moving, in the trees, in the hedges, and then...


There's a Darkling on his bed, and it needs his help.


Haunted by the dying Darkling, Rhys must find the magical Nexus to find a way home for the last living Darklings.

214 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 29, 2010

About the author

Sarah was born in March 1969 in Dunfermline, grew up in the south of England and now lives in Wales.

She's a pisces according to one zodiac and a rooster by another. Make of that what you will.

Sarah's work appeals across generations and ages but is generally sci fi or fantasy at its core.