
An original story by the author of the New York Times bestselling The Amulet of Samarkand. After her best friend Max drowns, Charlie begins to have vivid dreams about Max walking in a strange land. When she wakes up one night with bruises, Charlie realizes her dreams are real...

Everyone says that Max is drowned but Charlie thinks differently: she was in the mill-pool with him and knows exactly what she saw. When she begins to see him in her dreams her hopes are raised. It seems the reunion she craves is possible. But where exactly is Max leading her?...