Lying in hospital after a bike crash, it will take a miracle to save Alun… until a powerful legend works its spell on everyone.

When Alun wakes up from the terrible darkness, he can’t tell where he is. His wonderful bike has gone, that’s for sure, the bike his father had saved so hard to buy. The rest of his nightmare only gradually unfolds, as his new friends in the hospital ward bring warmth back to his cold, cold heart. Then there’s the story that started out as just a piece of schoolwork - it gradually takes hold of everyone in the ward. When the power of the legend begins to work its spell, everyone will be thinking of miracles.

A friendship is tested to its limits.

Juniper dragged himself painfully across the scrubby grass. Sweat trickled from his body and his broken leg ached… soon Sungod would be up, and he remembered what old Hornbeam had said to him when he was very small. It was as if the old wise man was beside him, whispering in his ear: ‘If your father exiles you for making marks you must follow Sungod along the unknown river. You must find your other family.’ But Juniper can’t help making marks, and this is what has got him into terrible danger.