The Seeker - Isobelle Carmody
LIKE EVERY ORPHAN, I had heard stories about Obernewtyn.
It was used by parents as a sort of horror tale to make naughty children behave. But in truth very little was known about it.
Some said it was just like another Councilfarm, and that the master there had only sought labor for an area too remote to interest normal laborers. Others said Lukas Seraphim was himself afflicted in some way, while still others claimed he was a doctor and wanted subjects to practice on.
Those Misfits taken there ...