’Having A Guru Is Ideal. But What Happens When There’S No One To Show You The Way, And The Road Ahead Has No Destination.’

Shui Knows Three Things For Sure- Everything She’S Been Told About Her Family Is A Lie, She’S Finally In Possession Of A Priceless Weapon, And She Has Absolutely No Idea What To Do Next; She’S Utterly Lost, Until She Finds Herself A Reluctant Guardian To Two Hidden Children Just Like Her, And In The Middle Of A Hunt That Began Centuries Ago When Some Men In Red Didn’T Like Girls With Too Much Power; It Seems Like They Still Don’T.

And To Top It All Off, Anya’S Been Kidnapped And There’S A Malevolent Spider Weaving A Web In Her Room While Someone Is Weaving One Around Her Heart. With No One To Guide Her And The Whisper Of War In The Wind, Shui Is Standing At The Precipice Of Nothing Good But Perhaps Something Great. With No One To Guide Her, Shui Must Decide Whether To Take The Plunge, Alone. There’S A War Coming, Can She Stop It? Does She Even Know How?

In This Dark And Breathtaking Adventure, Reshma K Barshikar Takes Us Back To The Fantastical World Of Witches, Magic, And A Beautiful Friendship Between Four Friends Who Are Standing At The Crossroads Of Their Lives, Again.


"There Is Real Magic In This Book. I Was In Awe Of Every Page And Thrilled By The End Of The Novel. Reshma K. Barshikar Goes Straight Onto My Very Short List Of Must-Read Authors Of Fantasy.” --Ashok K. Banker

‘The Hidden Children Is Like Harry Potter In One Exciting Way: It Feels Like The First Book Of What Will Be An Exciting Series.’ The Swaddle

‘Everything A Sequel Should Be- Exciting And Magical, With A Tight Roller Coaster Plot That Made Me Gasp. Young Adult Fantasy At Its Best! I Want First Dibs On Making This Into A Series.’ - Shonali Bose