Raven's Gate

Its place in The Power of Five

Raven's Gate is book 1 in the The Power of Five series. It is followed by Evil Star. See the full The Power of Five reading order.

Fourteen-year-old Matt Freeman is sent to live in a remote Yorkshire village as part of a scheme for troubled teens -- and quickly discovers the village is a front for an ancient evil trying to claw its way back into the world. Matt is one of five children scattered across the globe, each carrying a mark that identifies them as a Gatekeeper: living defenses against the Old Ones, monstrous beings who ruled the earth before humanity and have been trying to return ever since, aided by human cultists who worship them…