Nightmare Trail

Fairy tale, noun

1) A fantasy folk tale featuring magical, imaginary beings and lands.
2) An idealised situation.
3) A fabricated story, especially one intended to deceive.
4) The place where you learn the true meaning of ‘fear’.


Everything is going well for Amy Matthews. Apart from the nightmares…

Harker & Blackthorn expect trouble. They live and breathe it. None of them expect the current state of quiet to last. Considering the unspoken strain within the team, maybe a dose of trouble is just what they need.

When people start to go missing from around Oxford, leaving only mysterious burned marks on the ground behind them, Amy is almost relieved. At least until she connects it with a slew of ‘fairy tale’ creature appearances. And not the good kind of fairy tales. Her life as a scientist is about to collide disastrously with her extra-curricular activities.

Before they can say ‘Brothers Grimm’, Harker & Blackthorn are facing down impossible monsters straight out of the darkest parts of the human psyche.

Meanwhile, Amy is struggling with her past. Panic over the future leads to a fatal lapse in judgement. One with the direst consequences.

Amy and Rebekah are faced with a deadline: three days to go where no human should go, where logic holds no sway. If they fail, the missing will remain lost forever. And so will Harker & Blackthorn…