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The rule of claw

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A powerful stand-alone novel in the best tradition of thrillers.

We enter a futuristic world and meet a band of sixteen year olds who were abandoned in isolation at an early age.

They're educated partly by gleaning facts from the few books in their possession, but primarily through their experiences of survival which features death and danger.

A new threat emerges when the teens transcend their own rules and eat animal flesh.

Ash, the leader, is kidnapped and becomes a pawn in the power struggles between the formidable raptors.

In these beautiful beasts, she glimpses new forms of evolution which make her consider her own humanity.

Soon she learns the frightening truth of their origins. And realizes the dangerous implications for herself and her friends.

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Product Details
1842556215 / 9781842556214
Paperback
823.92
01/01/2007
United Kingdom
English
341 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: 2007.
A dramatic departure from a hugely talented writer - this is the book from John Brindley we've been waiting for, the book he felt compelled to write. In a market saturated by fantasy, this is epic-storytelling in a realist tradition. Gripping narrative combined with thoroughly researched, but highly accessible, explorations of evolutionary theory. Breathtaking imagery, fast-moving dialogue and page-turning action sequences carry the reader rapidly through the story. A fight-for-life survival, a battle against perilous odds, a complex power struggle, a search for identity - all favourite themes
A dramatic departure from a hugely talented writer - this is the book from John Brindley we've been waiting for, the book he felt compelled to write. In a market saturated by fantasy, this is epic-storytelling in a realist tradition. Gripping narrative combined with thoroughly researched, but highly accessible, explorations of evolutionary theory. Breathtaking imagery, fast-moving dialogue and page-turning action sequences carry the reader rapidly through the story. A fight-for-life survival, a battle against perilous odds, a complex power struggle, a search for identity - all favourite themes YFH Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)