Something in the snow -- Sarah and Silas -- The supreme custodian -- Marcia Overstrand -- At the heaps -- To the tower -- Wizard tower -- The rubbish chute -- Sally Mullin's cafe -- The hunter -- The trail -- Muriel -- The chase -- Deppen ditch -- Midnight at the beach -- The boggart -- Alther alone -- Keeper's cottage -- Aunt Zelda -- Boy 412 -- Rattus rattus -- Magyk -- Wings -- Shield bugs -- The Wendron witch -- Midwinter feast day -- Stanley's journey -- The big freeze -- Pythons and rats -- Message for Marcia -- The rat's return -- The big thaw -- Watch and wait -- Ambush -- Gone to ground -- Frozen -- Scrying -- Defrosting -- The appointment -- The meeting -- The vengeance -- The storm -- The dragon boat -- To sea -- Ebb tide -- A visitor -- The apprentice -- The apprentice supper -- Septimus heap -- What Aunt Zelda saw in the duck pond.