The Hound of Rowan

The Hound of Rowan (2007) is the first book of the Tapestry Series illustrated and written by American author Henry H. Neff, about a twelve-year-old boy named Max McDaniels who comes across a strange Celtic tapestry one day in a secret room in a museum. Max finds a letter in his coat pocket afterwards that leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where other gifted students like him go.

Characters

 * Max McDaniels is a twelve-year-old boy from Chicago who lives with his father, Scott McDaniels. His mother disappeared a few years prior to the beginning of the book.
 * David Menlo is Max's roommate at Rowan and one of his close friends.
 * Astaroth is a mythical demon and the main antagonist of the Tapestry series
 * Nigel Bristow is the recruiter that tests Max prior to attending Rowan.
 * Gabrielle Richter is the director of Rowan Academy.

Chapters

 * The Boy, The Train and the Tapestry
 * Three Soft Knocks
 * A Time to Choose
 * The Flight to Rowan
 * Evils Old and New
 * The Last Lymrill
 * A Full House
 * The New and Weird
 * A Golden Apple in the Orchard
 * The Course
 * All Hallow's Eve
 * Secret Prisons
 * Fibs and a Fiddle
 * Meeting the Vyes
 * Unexpected Guests
 * Rowan's New Resident
 * The Hound of Ulster
 * Smugglers on the North Atlantic
 * The Crypt of Marley Augur
 * Father and Son

Reception
The Hound Of Rowan was nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Awarded the Missouri Truman Award and Northern California Book of the year.