Who could be marking out a territory across town with cairns? The five
children, now accompanied by several dissidents from the Clan of the
Shark, have returned to Campton, where Ivan found some clues about the
night of the Vanishing. One evening, as they are discussing the
organisation of their new camp, the Master of Knives comes to ask for
their help ... and collapses, gravely injured. Searching the city for
what attacked him, the children are stunned to discover huge piles of
objects covered in red paint...