Olivia Prior lives in a school for orphan girls. She can't speak, but she can see ghosts. All that remains of her family is her mother's diary and a cryptic warning: stay away from Gallant. Everything changes when Olivia receives a letter from her long-lost uncle, who calls her niece home. It seems her dreams have come true... but when Olivia arrives at the Priors' mansion, no one is waiting for her. Uncle has been dead for a year. Cousin wants her to leave. And the ghost of her mother wanders the corridors of the mansion, and Olivia wants to know what killed her. Who called the girl home. And why didn’t her mother want Olivia to come here, to the Priors’ family estate, whose name is Gallant... A gothic story from the author of the international superbestseller “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.” For fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and Guillermo del Toro's Crimson Peak. An atmospheric #1 New York Times bestseller. A brave young heroine, ghosts and a mansion hiding terrible secrets behind locked doors. What's hiding on the other side? Gallant is waiting for you!