A silent young boy, a man like a rat, and a plague of mice-Cat has her work cut out for her. It's hard enough for Catriona, an ordinary modern woman, to get used to living in a magical medieval world, even without having mice pop up at every turn. Good thing Cat isn't as squeamish about rodents as her friend Nicky, who has her own issues to cope with back in the regular world. What does the man with the twitchy nose want with young Ben, Nicky's ward? And does the mouse plague back in Ruph have anything to do with the new apprentice Cat's husband has taken on-the boy who won't speak? This is...

Rhitha's life is miserable - but then she meets Bina. Rhitha's sister has been bullying her all her life, for no reason that Rhitha can see. But when they move to Ruph, there is a new friend in Rhitha's life: with the help of Bina and her unique powers Rhitha begins to see that there might be more going on in her family than meets the eye. There is a secret nobody suspected... Things come to a head between Rhitha and her sister in a clash that draws in everyone around them. Are the peculiar forces at play in Ruph responsible for fanning their conflict? Who is the mysterious stranger that...