A book for the older reader.
The Shadowman lives in our dreams, constantly looking for ways to break out of our dreams and wreak havoc in the world. He is everywhere and will cloak himself in the masks and trickery of the world's legends and myths.
Roshana should be delighted that her mother is marrying again. After all Rajah is kind and wealthy; one of the business men taking India forward into the twenty-first century. But there is something about him. Surely he can have nothing to do with her dreams of the mysterious man standing at the fork in the road, the dogs snapping at his heels, the purple shadow of the deep banyan woods behind him. Or the shiny black feather she has found in her room. Surely not . . .