Format: Hardback

Pages: 156

Publisher: Julia MacRae Books 1989

He'd defied death, faced danger and escaped it, only to find that death had already outwitted him. It comes when you least expect it, not when you're alert.

So run the thoughts in Simon Walters' head after he has risked life and limb to force entry into his own home, only to discover that his world has crumbled while he was out. Simon behaves in an amazingly controlled way during the dreadful days that follow but his calm is frightening and leads him to retreat into himself, brushing aside the kindness of neighbours and treating his friends with a cold cruelty. He dreads returning to school and finds that he has to cope with many painful situations, as awkward for others as they are for him. Simon's work begins to suffer, and he seems unable to stop the slide downhill, lacing even the will to try. 

Then he meets Charlie Barber. It all begins on an ordinary day in an uneventful way outside a shop, the the effect on his life is utterly extraordinary!