Stretch doesn't know it, but he is the only person who can stop the evil that lives in Kaï-ro from taking control, for eternity.

Brilliantly imagined, the future city of Kaï-ro forms a vivid backdrop to the thrilling story of one boy's fight against the ancient forces of darkness.

A gripping adventure story full of dark menace and heart-stopping twists and turns.

Stretch Wilson's world is a hard place. All he has, since his father was taken as slave labour, is his dog, Bone - until the fateful day when he discovers something extraordinary, deep in the heart of Bloom's Mount, a gigantic pile of ancient rubbish and waste. Something that will change his life for ever.