What happens when you come face to face with evil? What can you do when you feel helpless before an enemy who fills you with terror? What if you can't escape, but find yourself dragged inevitably into a confrontation with the very FACE OF EVIL? Bondy and his friends are terrified by the MAN WITH THE CROOKED FACE. They seem destined to meet him despite their efforts to stay clear. Does he know that they have seen what he did? Can the police protect them? And who is the mysterious MAN IN BLACK? Follow the twists and turns to the final breathtaking confrontation with...the FACE OF EVIL

The bells ring out for Christmas, but Denise is deaf to their message. "Call me Den," she said. It was best to do what she said. The gang always did - she could use a knife Then she met Mary The Red Kite circles over the forest, its plaintive cry echoing hauntingly. Barry is lost in a desperate silence, trapped in his own emptiness. Then he meets Bondy and the Red Kite You'll be hanging by your finger ends and holding your breath as James (Bondy), and Mary tackle the gang leaders. Then the bells fall silent. "What will the silence bring?"

James Evans had just turned thirteen years of age and was feeling it He lived with his parents in a fairly small cottage on the edge of the woods Formerly when a small boy he had loved spending time with his father in the woods and had learned much from him, but now things had changed. His father was a Woodcutter, but since sustaining a serious injury, he had lost his job and this combined with James' emerging adulthood had brought about a change in their relationship. He had become tense and impatient and often flew into fits of excessive anger. James wasn't having it easy at school either. He was mocked and laughed at especially by a group of bullies. His name "James" made him, in the eyes of some pupils an easy target for fun and games. They nicknamed him "Bondy" - after the other famous James - and used to mock him and push him around. Surely someone less like James Bond would be hard to find? Often James wandered off into the woods to be on his own, to find pleasure in the quietness and to explore the mysteries that lay hidden there. And then of course there was THAT CAVE The warning sign: DANGER, KEEP OUT only fed his fascination. The lure of the cave seemed irresistible - but what hidden dangers lay inside? What dark terrors lurked within its secret depths? James was soon to find out.......