The Death House (Hardback)
Sarah Pinborough (author)Published: 26/02/2015
This is an exceptional, contemporary, heart-breaking novel.
Toby's life was perfectly normal . . . until it was unravelled by something as simple as a blood test.
Taken from his family, Toby now lives in the Death House; an out-of-time existence far from the modern world, where he, and the others who live there, are studied by Matron and her team of nurses. They're looking for any sign of sickness. Any sign of their wards changing. Any sign that it's time to take them to the sanatorium.
No one returns from the sanatorium.
Withdrawn from his house-mates and living in his memories of the past, Toby spends his days fighting his fear. But then a new arrival in the house shatters the fragile peace, and everything changes.
Because everybody dies. It's how you choose to live that counts.
You can learn more about Sarah Pinborough at www.sarahpinborough.com, or by following @SarahPinborough on twitter.
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781473202320
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 398 g
Dimensions: 224 x 142 x 26 mm
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