Dreamstalkers: The Night Train (Dreamstalkers, Book 1) Sarah Driver 9780008595029

The first novel in an spellbinding new fantasy adventure series from the author of The Huntress trilogy. Perfect for readers 8-12 and fans of Philip Pullman, Abi Elphinstone and Katherine Rundell.

Everything changed the day the dreams disappeared... and the nightmares came.

Twelve-year-old Bea lives with her mother Ula and her owl Pip in a cottage on the wild moors. Since the day the dreams disappeared, and an affliction of nightmares began sweeping across the lands, everyone is leaving and their settlement is being abandoned. But when Ula grows sick with the affliction, she won't leave - and she's keeping a secret from Bea.

Just as Bea begins to despair, the mysterious Night Train steams across the moors, bringing a stranger who offers her the chance to save her mother. Bea is flung into a faraway adventure in the world of the Dreamstalkers, skilled warriors and performers who must go to work each night inside the dreams of the powerful. But the nightmares are following close behind.

It's time to board the Night Train and dive into an epic, magical adventure in the world of the Dreamstalkers. (But beware the nightmares...)

'A glorious world, a wild adventure and a fierce heroine. I can't stop thinking about this book!' - Robin Stevens on The Huntress: Sea

'A new book by Sarah Driver is always something special - this does not disappoint. Vivid storytelling full of magic and sparkle from one of my favourite authors.' Jasbinder Bilan, Costa award-winning author of Asha and the Spirit Bird on Once We Were Witches

Sarah Driver is the author of epic and magical fantasy adventures: The Huntress, Once We Were Witches and new series Dreamstalkers. As well as writing magical books for children Sarah Driver is also a qualified nurse and midwife. She is a graduate of the Bath Spa Writing for Young People MA, during which she won the Most Promising Writer prize. Sarah was born in West Sussex, where she still lives close to the sea with her street-wise ginger cat and her miniature lop-eared bunny.

'A glorious world, a wild adventure and a fierce heroine. I can't stop thinking about this book!' - Robin Stevens on The Huntress: Sea

'Driver's prose takes flight in Huntress: Sky. Exhilarating, gripping and full of heart' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars on The Huntress: Sky

'A thrillingly wild adventure that crackles with magic' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song on The Huntress: Storm

'Dark, magical, beautifully written and illustrated, this book gets its witchy hooks into you from the first page and doesn't let go. I absolutely loved it!' - Kieran Larwood, author of The Peculiars on Once We Were Witches

'A new book by Sarah Driver is always something special - this does not disappoint. Vivid storytelling full of magic and sparkle from one of my favourite authors.' Jasbinder Bilan, Costa award-winning author of Asha and the Spirit Bird on Once We Were Witches