Queen of Eventide — Matthew Ward

"How can you possibly prevail, when even your friends are your enemies?" Maddie Lincoln returns home to Nottingham, struggling to get to grips with a life that's falling apart. However, her workaday problems quickly fade when she's caught up in a war between the malevolent Dark Lady and her enemies.

As the Dark Lady's influence grows, Maddie is pursued across the city and the mysterious realm of Eventide by a sinister Huntsman and his monstrous pack of hollows. Aided by her friend Inga, eccentric fortune teller Charles King, and the enigmatic William, she manages to stay one step ahead of her pursuers. Even with their help, neither world is safe for her; Eventide is full of hidden dangers, and vicious riots are breaking out in Nottingham as the Dark Lady's power rises. Worse, none of Maddie's companions are exactly as they appear, and nor, Maddie learns, is she.Can Maddie discover the truth about the Queen of Eventide before it's too late...?