生命裡一段最驚心動魄、永誌難忘的夏日時光
14歲的Irene Sauvelle跟著家人一起搬到諾曼第的海岸邊，四周美不勝收的景致讓她幾乎是立刻就愛上了此地。附近的男孩Ishmael被這位新搬來的女孩深深吸引，兩人如天雷勾動地火般，迅速地陷入熱戀。
某天夜裡，當神秘的光束照耀在霧氣矇矓的小島時，Irene的弟弟夢見一個不知名的黑暗生物躲藏在森林深處。不久，有個女孩被發現陳屍於森林附近，根據周圍的腳印以及樹林被破壞的程度，可初步推估此案並非人類所為。Irene與Ishmael不禁好奇地想，難道是禁錮在角樓裡的怪物被釋放出來了？
究竟是什麼龐然大物痛下殺手？還會有第二個、第三個受害者嗎？在豪宅裡深居簡出的玩具製造商是否與這起命案有關？Irene與Ishmael一關關解謎的同時，似乎也將這個小鎮最隱晦的秘密一片片拼湊成形。重重謎團下，小情侶有生以來最難忘的暑假就此展開！（文／博客來編譯）
It was an unforgettable summer....
When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she’s immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a local boy named Ishmael, and the two soon fall in love. But a dark mystery is about to unfold, involving a reclusive toymaker who lives in a gigantic mansion filled with mechanical beings and shadows of the past.
As strange lights shine through the fog surrounding a small, barren island, Irene’s younger brother dreams of a dark creature hidden deep in the forest. And when a young girl is found
murdered, her body at the end of a path torn through the woods by a monstrous, inhuman force, Irene and Ishmael wonder--has a demonic presence been unleashed on the inhabitants of Cape House?
Together, they’ll have to survive the most terrifying summer of their lives, as they try to piece together the many mysteries and secrets hidden in a town torn apart by tragedy, amidst a
labyrinth of lights and shadows.
