Dark Woods

Eden turned the teddy bear over in her hands and Cal saw the way her fingers stroked the worn patch of fur, touching the frayed threads where the glass eye used to be. 'Where did you get this?' she whispered. Jefferson smiled. 'From in here,' he told her, tapping a finger against his temple. 'From inside your head.' After meeting on holiday in Montana, Cal and Eden decide to explore the mountains beyond their campground. But deep in the woods, someone is watching them. Jefferson Boyd, a lone outcast, believes he has discovered a way of turning dreams into reality. But he needs someone to experiment upon. When Cal wakes up in an isolated cabin, he discovers they are not alone. And as the terrifying truth emerges, he realises that their only chance of survival is to finally confront the nightmares that are stalking them through the shadows of the forest . . .

Steve Voake grew up near Bath. Before becoming a full time writer, he was headteacher of a village school. Steve is the critically-acclaimed author of The Dreamwalker's Child, The Web of Fire and The Starlight Conspiracy. His most recent novel, Blood Hunters, was selected for Booked Up 2009, a national programme run by Booktrust whose goal is to encourage reading for pleasure by providing each Year 7 pupil in England with a free book. He lives with his family in Somerset.