Miss Minton and Maia are sailing to the city of Manaus, a thousand miles up the mighty Amazon river. Maia, an orphan, is excited to be starting a new life with relatives. But years of living in the jungle have sent Maia's aunt and uncle slightly mad. And their twin daughters are definitely not like normal children....

'As she came close to the Greenwitch she felt the unimaginable force, but the great loneliness too'.

Jane is invited to watch the local village women construct the Greenwitch in an ancient Cornish ceremony She makes a perilous wish. But it is one that makes all the difference as the Old Ones struggle with the Dark to find and unleash the power of the grail.

How stupid do you have to be to fall out of a top-floor window? Or was Stolly up on cloud nine even then? Stolly had always been a risk-taker. Now he's lying in a hospital bed and Ian, his best friend, is watching, waiting and remembering ...

This is a funny and life-affirming novel about a most remarkable character and the inspirational effect he has on everyone.