The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted. Trisha McFarland discovers this when she is nine years old. Lost in the woods.

Trisha has only veered a little way off the path. But in her panic to get back to her family, she takes a turning that leads into the tangled undergrowth, deeper into the woods.

At first it's just the bugs, midges and mosquitoes. Then comes the hunger. For comfort she tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games and the performances of her hero Tom Gordon.

As darkness begins to fall and Trisha struggles for survival and a way out, she realizes that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods - watching. Waiting...

"A compelling battle for survival that you dare not put down" -Daily Mail

"Vintage King" - Independent

"Moving, gripping. One of his best...A literary home run" -Mirror

"Utterly compulsive" -Mail On Sunday