The extraordinary new novel everyone is talking o from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Sister 'Gripping, intelligent, timely' Marian Keyes 'An amazing achievement' Emma Healey 'Exceptional' Kate Hamer 'Incredible' Elizabeth Brook Gillian McAllister 'Simply stunning' Dinah Jefferies 'Phenomenal' Fiona Mitchell 'Brilliant' Jenny Quintana 'Mind blowing' Francesca Jakobi 'Staggeringly good' Jane Fallon 'Fantastic' Kate London 'Exceptional' Sarah Edgh Je to morning's lessons, dres rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods. It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible. It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for. Na vidieku Somerset v strede blizzard, unthinkable happens: a school is pod siege. Toľko z pohľadu ľudí na heart of it, z hlavy hlavu v knihe, bezproblémovo prispôsobiť svoje utrpené pupily a staff, to tínedžer Hannah v láske pre prvý čas, to parents gathering desperate for news, na 16 rokov starý Syrian refugee sa snaží o záchranu svojho malého chlapca, na police psychologist, ktorý musí identifikovať zbrane, na študentov, ktorí sa zdržiavajú v školskom divadle, všetky experimenty most intenzívne hodiny svojich živočíchov, kde sa zdá a terror by courage, love and redemption.