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‘I enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill. Mark is an excellent writer.’ – George R.R. Martin
In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week.
Nick and his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friends are used to living in their imaginations. But when a new girl, Mia, joins the group and reality becomes weirder than the fantasy world they visit in their weekly games, none of them are prepared for what comes next. A strange—yet curiously familiar—man is following Nick, with abilities that just shouldn’t exist. And this man bears a cryptic message: Mia’s in grave danger, though she doesn’t know it yet. She needs Nick’s help—now.
He finds himself in a race against time to unravel an impossible mystery and save the girl. And all that stands in his way is a probably terminal disease, a knife-wielding maniac and the laws of physics.
Challenge accepted.
Ready Player One meets Stranger Things in this new novel by bestselling author Mark Lawrence.
Genre: Science Fiction
‘I enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill. Mark is an excellent writer.’ – George R.R. Martin
In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week.
Nick and his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friends are used to living in their imaginations. But when a new girl, Mia, joins the group and reality becomes weirder than the fantasy world they visit in their weekly games, none of them are prepared for what comes next. A strange—yet curiously familiar—man is following Nick, with abilities that just shouldn’t exist. And this man bears a cryptic message: Mia’s in grave danger, though she doesn’t know it yet. She needs Nick’s help—now.
He finds himself in a race against time to unravel an impossible mystery and save the girl. And all that stands in his way is a probably terminal disease, a knife-wielding maniac and the laws of physics.
Challenge accepted.
Ready Player One meets Stranger Things in this new novel by bestselling author Mark Lawrence.
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"One Word Kill grabs hold of you and won’t let you go until you’ve finished the last page. It’s everything that I look for in a book, and like the best of reads, one that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading it." - John Gwynne
"One Word Kill is the kind of story that will stay with you for a lifetime." - Robin Hobb
"I enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill. Mark is an excellent writer." - George R R Martin
"A completely absorbing tale that perfectly captures the fear, awkwardness, cynicism, and optimism of adolescence." - Anthony Ryan
"One Word Kill is the kind of story that will stay with you for a lifetime." - Robin Hobb
"I enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill. Mark is an excellent writer." - George R R Martin
"A completely absorbing tale that perfectly captures the fear, awkwardness, cynicism, and optimism of adolescence." - Anthony Ryan
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