This book is a continuation of the exciting saga of the American writer W. C. Andrews about the Dollanganger family. The first novel, Flowers in the Attic, based on real events, immediately became a bestseller and was filmed twice. Based on the novels “Petals on the Wind” and “Roses on the Ruins” in 2014–2015. TV movies starring Heather Graham and Rose McIver have been filmed. Katie and Chris Dollanganger and their two sons lead a secluded life in a small town. Children are unaware of the tragedy their parents had to endure in their youth. However, the past never ceases to remind itself. A mysterious woman in black settles in a neighboring house and manages to strike up a relationship with the youngest of the brothers, nine-year-old Bart. Her sinister butler, plotting to use Bart to carry out a terrible revenge, the plan of which he had been hatching for many years, reveals to the boy shameful secrets of the past...

The novel was also published under the title “Through the Thorns.”