¡feliz Cumpleaños

La fábula se desarrolla en una aldea poblada de esfinges negras que conviven con los aldeanos. Estas bestias siempre intentan sacar algún tipo de ventaja. Las quimeras toman cuerpo cuando los seres vivos experimentan conflictos o disonancias.Cuando los seres humanos emprenden una nueva vida, aparece entonces la esfinge blanca con estas palabras: "Buenas noches, joven maestro. Soy la realidad de tus lágrimas de tu corazón. El camino es el que da entrada al otro lado de la página."

Joe is eleven years old and does not remember ever living outside of his hospital room. His illness does not let him leave for even a moment and the few visits he receives can bring dangerous microbes to his "bubble." His parents died in a car accident many years ago and so the only person around is his sister, Beth. But his life drastically changes when a new nurse arrives from India in search of a better life in the United Kingdom.

Spinning out of control! Just when you thought it couldn't get any deeper, darker, or weirder. Creeping into the open through cracks in the earth, the Styx have surfaced, and are now infesting England like some parasitic scourge, carriers of a bizarre black secret that will place every last Topsoiler in mortal peril.

When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.