A fun and fast-paced tale for middle readers about a young girl’s adventure with magical talking alpacas and their fight against an ancient force of destruction.

Alex is expecting a pretty boring summer. But when Mum takes her to visit her mysterious grandfather on his farm in Tasmania, weird things start to happen. Weirdest of all? Her grandfather’s pet alpacas . . . who can talk! When things go from strange to scary, Alex must use all her brains, brawn and bravery in order to survive the sinister forces threatening life as she knows it.

Kathryn Lefroy writes novels, screenplays, articles – and the occasional shopping list. She has a PhD in marketing, several screenwriting credits, and her stories have appeared in magazines, journals and online. She spends way too much time in conversation with imaginary characters, and not-so-secretly wishes she lived in a dance movie.