Some Cambridge doors were kept locked for a reason...
Enter the world of Cambridge Gothic
Book 1 - College of Shadows
Working-class and a long way from the Mansfield of his childhood, Nick Wood doesn't belong among the dreaming spires. He knows it, too. But not fitting in becomes the least of his fears the night something steps out of the shadows of his college and attacks him. Something that should not exist.
Nick isn't the only one who senses the university is hiding something. Annabel has been quietly unravelling since the sudden death of her sister, and she has begun to fear that her own misfortune is more than bad luck. As the two of them are drawn together with an unlikely circle of friends, they stumble on a truth Cambridge has kept buried for generations: a door to somewhere that should have stayed shut.
The further they go, the darker it grows. And by the time freshers' week draws to its close, the price of what they have uncovered may be greater than any of them can pay.
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"A massively enjoyable opening of what promises to be a favourite series."
"The epilogue alone will have you gasping for more."
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About the author
Mark Wells writes the Cambridge Gothic series: atmospheric dark academia set in a university that he knows from the inside, as a former student and fellow of St John's College.