A book aimed at 10 year olds through to middle teens. It is a fantasy adventure book about a special child called Tredicino
The story opens in East London around the middle of the last century. A male child is born to a couple of woeful entertainers. On the other side of europe his grandmother who has been specially chosen by the alpine fairies part of the ancient group called the 13th society, to be his grandmother and protector. As Tredicino grows up, he and his brothers are slowly exposed to more and more fantastical elements, including leprechauns and unicorns, but this is only the beginning. As the story progresses, they encounter creatures beyond their imagination as they travel to their family's ancestral village in Italy after the strange death of their grandfather. As Tredicino finally reaches 13 years of age, his powers come into full force and takes over his destiny as protector of his people, battling with werewolves, demons, and other evil spirits.