Pearl Blackthorn is a velist and investigative reporter for Darkside pararmal magazine. Armed with her digital recorder and accompanied by her friend and photographer Harry Raymond, Pearl is sent by her editor J.J Benson - affectionately kwn as Benny - to the four corners of Great Britain, (and sometimes further), to investigate stories of spirits and specters, demons, prophecy and possession. The problem is, Pearl doesn't believe in the supernatural; her creative imagination is tempered by a strong skepticism. She is immovable on her stand that there is always a simple, rational explanation behind every report of pararmal activity. But Pearl soon realizes that the intricacies of pararmal events are often far from simple and t always rational. This is the first book in the Pearl Blackthorn series. This edited edition contains Character Confidentials previously unpublished.