Rachel is still reeling from the news that the Earth is secretly under attack by parasitic aliens. And that she and her friends are the planet's only defense.
When teenager Anne unexpectedly inherits from her long-lost aunt a locket and a crumbling English mansion, she discovers a magical legacy, shared with girls who do not all want to use it for good.
This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.