Desperate for money to look after her family, Ropa Moyo accepts a job at the magical private hospital Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, but when her investigation into a coma patient leads her to the Edinburgh Ordinary School for Boys, she learns a long-dormant and malevolent entity has taken hold in this world.

"A Tom Doherty Associates book"--Title page. "First published in Great Britain by Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso.