Henry Atherton is growing up. Which is problem enough without his parents’ marriage starting to fall apart. Or finding a fairy at the bottom of his employer’s garden. Or disturbing a pretty girl in her bath, come to that. Henry’s troubles are astounding … as is the way he solves them. A character you’ll love to pieces — and the first you’ll meet in Faerie Wars.

Aisling (Henry’s sister) is refusing to grow up at all. She knows that all life’s problems will be solved if she can just persuade Daddy to buy her a pony. And tell tales on her brother as often as possible.

Tim Atherton is Henry’s father. He’s a very successful businessman but at home he finds it very difficult to stand up to his domineering wife.

Martha Atherton is Henry's mother, a manipulative woman quietly determined to get her own way, no matter how much she hurts her husband and her young son in the process.

Alan Fogarty knows they’ll come to get him one day, although he’s not sure whether ‘they’ will be the FBI, the CIA or flying saucer aliens. But though he’s old and lives alone, he’s far from helpless. Except that when he faces hanging in the morning, his young friend Henry is the only one with any chance to save him.