Fifteen-year-old Paul Blake's grandmother is not coming back, and she has left him her snake stick, the Hollow Serpent. Paul will need its help because evil forces that hid from his grandmother are stirring now that she has gone. As he confronts the terrifying ghosts of Sydney's cruel past, powerful supernatural creatures are asking the question: Does Paul Blake wield the Hollow Serpent or is it wielding him? For Paul, the answer is a matter of life and death.

The Hollow Serpent is the third book in the Sinister Sydney Series: stories where the supernatural pierces the thin skin of modern life in Sydney.