Thrills and chills galore from the bestseller Herbert... The build up to the horrifying climax is subtle and sophisticated... Daily Express Nothing is what it seems, and each twist of the intricate plot is nastier than the last... Daily Mail A little girl called Alice, a deaf-mute, has a vision - a lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. Suddenly, Alice is able to hear and speak and she is able to perform miracles of her own. Soon the site of the visitation, beneath an oak tree, has become a shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old. Innocence and evil have become one.