The 5th in the Strong Winds series. Xanthe Ribiero has made an unforgiving enemy and has taken refuge in the Essex marshes. The children she has come to teach are oddly fearful -- as if they are in hiding too. The local families have been feudingfor generations and it's not long before Xanthe begins to suspect there is evil in the present as well as the past. Age range Confident readers 11+ to adult