The senior pupils of St Peter's High School are on retreat to a secluded outdoor activity centre, coming to terms with the murder of a fellow pupil through the means you would expect: counselling, contemplation, candid discussion and even prayer - not to mention booze, drugs, clandestine liaisons and as much partying as they can get away with.
Not so far away, the commanders of a top-secret military experiment, long-since spiralled out of control, fear they may have literally unleashed the forces of Hell.
Two very different worlds are on a collision course, and will clash in an earthly battle between science and the supernatural, philosophy and faith, civilisation and savagery.
The bookies are offering evens.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349120508
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 275 g
Dimensions: 196 x 178 x 27 mm
'A perfect example of the bathos that the Glaswegian satirist uses so effectively, and an indication of the two worlds that are about to collide - ESQUIRE
'The Scottish author sticks to anti-Establishment finger-pointing and satire that is becoming his trademark - SHORTLIST
'It's the busload of teenagers who steal the show in a series of quite brilliant and very funny scenes . . . Very well-written, intelligent and daring - Harry Ritchie, DAILY MAIL
'(An) imaginative tale - Henry Sutton, DAILY MIRROR
This story started life as a horror film idea/script. It certainly shows. What makes it a great book is that Brookmyre's incredibly improved (from an already good starting point) characterisation makes the danger... More
When the pupils of St. Peter's High School are sent to a remote outdoor activity centre to come to terms with the horrific murder of a fellow student, grief is the last thing on their minds. Their teachers have... More
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