A gripping and atmospheric slow-burn YA thriller from an award-winning writer that explores masculinity, loneliness and the power of friendship to find light in the darkest world, for fans of Shuggie Bain, Glasgow Boys and Stand By Me.
Seventeen years old, in a city he doesn’t know and on the edge of a future he can’t quite picture, Chris is lonely. Has been ever since moving to Aberdeen with his mum and her waste-of-space boyfriend. Has been since his dad left years before that. Then he meets Lucas, a boy who doesn’t speak, and suddenly life feels a little less grey. But when Chris and Lucas get lost during a cycling race across the Scottish Highlands, they discover a hidden world of dangerous men, violent crime and unspeakable secrets – and the two friends find themselves racing for their lives…
Compulsive, addictive and rich in emotional conflict, this is a breakout book from a writer at the top of their game.
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Stewart Foster is the author on one novel for adults, WE USED TO BE KINGS (Cape, 2013). He was one of the Observer's New Faces of Fiction for 2014 and one of Amazon's Rising Stars the same year. He lives in Bath.
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