Nick Hawthorne and the Banefires of Autumn (Albion Chronicles Series #1)

In Albion, it is almost the time of the Conjunction, and the witch Nightshade is seeking to unleash a millennia of evil forces upon the land. Only a small handful of folk, headed up by Sir Benedict Harkness and his brother, the enigmatic Eyes of The Wind, are aware of her plan, and set about trying to locate the Charm, an amulet with the power to awaken the Lady Gray, the only person with the power to stop Nightshade. Fifteen-year-old Nick Hawthorne is plunged into this maelstrom of alien m...