Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling

We bid you welcome to the House of Darkling.... Governess Charlotte Markham steps in to care for the two young Darrow boys when their nanny is found gruesomely murdered. During an outing in the forest, Charlotte and the children stumble upon an otherworldly realm known as The Ending: the place for the Things That Cannot Die. Here lies the ominous House of Darkling, a wondrous, dangerous place filled with magic, darkness and strange creatures that are not quite human

When governess Charlotte Markham discovers that her young charges and their late mother are trapped in the House of Darkling, an enchanted place for the things that cannot die, where they have all been secretly visiting, she must confess everything to the boys' father and find a way to save them. Original. 25,000 first printing.