The Black RoomRobert has come back from a horrible ordeal in a strange parallel world. Now he can’t stop thinking about the people he left behind to face a winter that most won’t survive. When Robert sees a chance to save his friend Lorn, he is desperate to succeed. But is he prepared for the realities of her world? Meanwhile, Lorn struggles to lead the little band of survivors, even as she feels herself drawn to a secret tunnel where an unknown menace lurks. Seamlessly blending fantasy with a hard-hitting survival tale, Gillian Cross has created a completely original psychological thriller. |
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... reached up with both hands, separating one of the tubes and cutting it free. As his blade went in, juice spurted out, and Lorn caught it full on in her eye. Her mind flared suddenly, exploding with images. Not a wedge, but a different ...
... reached up with both hands, separating one of the tubes and cutting it free. As his blade went in, juice spurted out, and Lorn caught it full on in her eye. Her mind flared suddenly, exploding with images. Not a wedge, but a different ...
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... reached out in amazement. I remember.... Then something dark and solid clamped down hard. No. It was like a hand slammed over her face, stifling and choking, shutting out light and sound and feeling. I remember, she thought again ...
... reached out in amazement. I remember.... Then something dark and solid clamped down hard. No. It was like a hand slammed over her face, stifling and choking, shutting out light and sound and feeling. I remember, she thought again ...
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... reached home? He was just about to try, when Emma stopped on the path and started to laugh. And the taller figure laughed, too. Robert's laugh. Tom could hear them quite clearly through the mist. Then Robert reached out and touched ...
... reached home? He was just about to try, when Emma stopped on the path and started to laugh. And the taller figure laughed, too. Robert's laugh. Tom could hear them quite clearly through the mist. Then Robert reached out and touched ...
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... reached it, they stopped and turned off the path. Tom pulled Helga to a standstill and crouched down with his hand on her muzzle, peering through the bushes. He caught a glimpse of the orange supermarket bag that Robert was carrying ...
... reached it, they stopped and turned off the path. Tom pulled Helga to a standstill and crouched down with his hand on her muzzle, peering through the bushes. He caught a glimpse of the orange supermarket bag that Robert was carrying ...
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... forgotten Cam? And Zak and Nate and Robert?” Pushing Tina out of his way, he charged through the cavern, making for the long side wall where the great wooden beam was lying. When he reached the beam, he bent over and hauled it out of the.
... forgotten Cam? And Zak and Nate and Robert?” Pushing Tina out of his way, he charged through the cavern, making for the long side wall where the great wooden beam was lying. When he reached the beam, he bent over and hauled it out of the.
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