Benny Geister's Uncle Gustav meets the first Unseen Presence on the Bethel Road, near the place where Maria Rollenberg and Marcus Kreutzer mysteriously disappeared on their wedding night half a century before. Maria, complete with wedding gown and veil, appears after a tin-kettling for two newlyweds. From then on the fun is fast and furious, as a succession of ghosts and ghoulies, phantom horses and poltergeists plague the Geister household and the community at large. Ghosts are abroad in this hilarious story set in a South Australian farming community. Colin Thiele's outstanding ability to combine humour and drama with vivid characterisation is seen at its best in this diverting tale.
