Could the past he thought he'd escaped be reaching out to him from the Black House . . . Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called the Territories in search of the talisman to save his mother's life. Now Jack is a former Los Angeles homicide detective living in the quiet town of French Landing in Wisconsin. But a series of murders involving young children force him out of retirement. If Jack is to save the latest victim, he must retrieve his childhood memories and revisit the one place he never wanted to see again . . . 'Epic . . . impossible to put down' Sunday Express'One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times' Daily Mail'It's the best of the best. No argument! The ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft' Independent on Sunday