Raven's gate - Anthony Horowitz

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'Before the beginning was the gate. And five gatekeepers. Four boys. One girl. The night of everlasting darkness is drawing in. The gate is about to o pen. The gatekeepers must return.'

After getting in trouble with the police, 14-year-old Matt Freeman finds himself being fostered by the sinister Jayne Deverill as part of the mysterious LEAF project. There's something strange going on in his new home too - villagers dropping dead, all roads leading back to the same place and the spine-tingling whispering he hears in the dead of night.

Matt has spent his whole life denying his special powers but he's now forced to accept he might be inextricably mixed up with the fight against the forces of evil - the Old Ones and the opening of Raven's Gate. The only help comes in the form of a secret organisation called the Nexus (the guardians of the Five gatekeepers) and also a sceptical young journalist. But, ultimately, the responsibility of saving the world from the Old Ones rests with Matt.