Marlin is in the middle of a heatwave, and Stephanie is plagued by terrible visions. She returns from a welcome break to find that danger stalks Marlin once more, resurrecting time-worn prejudices. There's a stranger in the village, rumours are rife, and old wounds are re-opened with disastrous consequences. "Beware the Whispers!"Marlin is under attack from a threat linked to its distant past and Stephanie and her friends are all drawn into the middle of it. When they finally make sense of symbolic warnings and sift through the lies, they realise that they can only truly rely on each other. Death stalks the village, and beyond; it waits, lurking in the shadows. To save them all, the secrets of Marlin will have to be revealed. But at what cost? An offer of help arrives in the form of an old friend.

Can he be trusted? Stephanie must face her fears and fully accept the destiny that she was born to fulfil. PLEASE NOTE: This is Book 3 of an ongoing series. As such, certain sections (such as that contained in the sample) include spoilers for those that have not already read Book 1, "Mother of Marlin" and Book 2: "Children of Marlin." A novella, "Out of Marlin," and a compilation are also available. "The Marlin Chronicles" is a unique series of new and exciting books by Alyson Mountjoy, created by using events from her own life (including many unsettling brushes with the paranormal), and entwining them with research then embroidering them with a thread of artistic licence. This ongoing series provides an appealing combination of supernatural suspense mixed with mystery, horror, crime and romance, historical facts, tears and laughter, and a touch of fantasy. These tales have waited a long time to be told. The village of Marlin at the edge of the rugged Cornish coastline exists only in her imagination, as do several other locations used in the books, and the characters in the series are fictional; yet the books are all influenced by the places that she has visited and the combined characteristics of the many interesting people that she has met.

[Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of my imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.].