One more death shouldn't matter.

In the Roughlands, you can die a thousand different ways. In the town of Cold Harbor, between the cursed forest, the dark cliffs, and the wild and bitter sea: double that amount. 

But twelve-year-old Toby refuses to accept this when his own little brother mysteriously vanishes from the cellar of their own home. 

Even when the search takes Toby to the Thicket, a tangle of slums that Cold Harbor prefers to forget ...and to rumors of demonic magic. 

Dark in tone and vivid in storytelling, Children Without Faces holds readers long into the night.

Erik Marshall weaves fantasy and suspense in this dark coming-of-age series. It will grip your heart...and keep the pages turning.

In Cold Harbor, fear creeps in from many sources. Acidic rain falls from the sky. Packs of wild dogs haunt the streets. Poverty makes even the strong desperate.

Seven-year-old Kay refuses to let fear claim her. Even while hiding in her bedroom with her little brother. Protecting him from their own father. 

If Kay takes the risk of her life, can she and her brother truly find solace...even in the darkest of places?

"Leaf and Stone" tells the story of one of the best-loved characters from Erik Marshall's dark fantasy suspense novel, Children Without Faces.

(Trigger warning: contains realistic portrayals of domestic abuse.)