Ajao is nothing like Lagos—no cell phones, no running water or electricity. Not a single human-made sound can be heard at night, just the noise of birds and animals rustling in the dark forest outside. Simi’s witchlike grandmother dispenses advice and herbal medicine to the village, but she’s tight-lipped about their family history. Something must have happened, but what?
Determined to find out, Simi disobeys her grandmother and goes exploring, only to find herself sinking in the red quicksand of a forbidden lake and into the strange parallel world that lies beneath. It must have been a dream…right? Wrong. Something isn’t right. Children are disappearing, and it’s up to Simi to discover the truth.