An otherworldly tale of moving on, of acceptance ... of dreaming of the Nightmare World of Sombre and the mysterious Dave Bi-Plane.
Jasper Reeves is calm, collected. He's 15. He skates. He has music. Everything he needs. No clutter. There is no room for clutter.
Only room for Dave Bi-Plane.
The past year in his hometown of Arlington has been rough. Tragedy has brought change to Jasper's daylight existence. He needs Dave Bi-Plane like he never has. The airman's adventures in Sombre give Jasper a balance like nothing else can. He welcomes sleep. When he sleeps his troubles fall away.
Dave Bi-Plane has his own trouble.
Dave, one of Sombre's most reliable Gatherers is suddenly being hunted.
Straight from the hellish skies of Strom Pel, a squadron of Spitfires - known as The Red Winged Death Command want something from Dave, something he is unwillingly to give, something he can't give.
They won't stop until they have it.
An ultimate battle looms for Dave in the Nightmare world - a battle that seems impossible to win.
Dave Bi-Plane has always been a man with secrets. Could these very secrets become his undoing in Sombre?
Upon sleeping and waking, Sombre forces worldly obtrusion on Jasper and he has to face change head on.
There will be clutter.
The one thing Jasper Reeves didn't want.
A wild new tale blending Steampunk, Urban Fantasy and Horror from the variable mind of Australian Speculative Fiction writer S.B.Norton.
For ages 13 to 113.
