It's been six months since Richard and Abigail's first traumatic encounter with vampires and the worlds created by human beliefs. Living with their cousin and new legal guardian Adrian Eldrick in the sleepy village of Crinkledale, they are finally starting to settle down into normal teenage life. But the siblings' troubles aren't over yet. They have been exposed to the supernatural now, and the Eldrick family harbours a secret that threatens to once again drag them into otherworldly peril. Could all of Adrian's local folklore about fairies be true, and if so, what do the fairies want with them? They are all about to find out that the real fairies of folklore are far darker - and stranger - than they could have imagined. - - - The Vale of the Faeries explores the strange and surprisingly sinister world of the fairies - the so-called "Good Folk" - and contains a wealth of folklore from across the British Isles.