Cain,called Prince of the Mist, "always appeared out of a thick haze that covered the streets and alleyways at night, and before dawn he disappeared into the shadows again." He "was one of the greatest cheaters that have ever set foot on this earth." He crossed paths with Victor Kray - sole survivor of a shipwreck, light house builder and keeper, and adoptive grandfather of Roland, when Victor was the same age of Max, Alicia, and Roland. Cain would gather the local youngsters together and grant wishes in exchange for complete loyalty. A childhood friend of Victor's was turned into a grotesque statue of smoking blue ice marked with a 6-pointed star within a circle after refusing to set fire to a neighbor's store. What happened that night was only the beginning...Great adventure story set amid the rumblings of World War II.
"Amusement is like laudanum. It takes away all the misery and pain, even if only for a short time."
"Nothing is as powerful as a promise." " A hunch is your brain's way of taking a shortcut to the truth." " The more you try to hide from the truth, the quicker it finds you." "In small towns news travels at the speed of boredom."
2011 Teen Best of the Best
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