After failing to get into grammar school, middle class 11-year-old Mick ends up in one of the West Midland’s roughest secondary schools. It’s no surprise he gets relentlessly bullied.

But falling for Liz — a hard core punk rocker — changes his life… in unimaginable ways. Living with her mother and little brother on the notorious Wallows estate, Liz has heard about monsters — real monsters that lurk in the shadows of the tower blocks and prefabs.

Her mum has a diary which lists Uncle Rat-Jacket, The Shambling Granddad, Beryl Twilight, The Leech-Lipped Lovers of the Old Arcade, Moss Jack and so many others.

Urban legends or real things to truly fear?

When Liz tells him she has met a monster and invites him to investigate further with her, Mick is all set to help… only to find the police taking Liz away and her little brother vanished. His efforts to help uncover no sign of the boy, but take him into horrific encounters of his own that he will never get over.

Especially now Liz is back, twenty years on, and holding him to his promise to help.

It’s time to return to the derelict site he’s been trying to forget. Time to finally face up To Those From Below.

A working-class cosmic horror fantasy, decorated with social commentary and original terrors, ‘To Those from Below’ follows ‘At Night, White Bracken’ as Gareth Wood’s latest novel.