You're lucky I didn't shoot you.' The Colonel stood over Patrick. 'I'm not a thief, I want to hide. That's all I need - a place to hide.' Patrick is on the run. Cal and the gang were once his friends but now they intend to avenge his betrayal. Colonel Springfield is a war veteran, living alone in his crumbling house, until Patrick breaks in, desperate to hide from his pursuers. Cornered together in the old crypt, with the spiders and fluttering crane flies, Patrick and the Colonel tell their tales of warfare. But when events take a terrifying twist, they are forced to really trust one another and guilty secrets begin to emerge. Will the awful truth finally be told?

 

This book is part of a book series called Orchard Black Apples .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Hachette Children's Group .

Anthony Masters is an arch-storyteller with a passion for meeting his readers by tirelessly visiting schools across the UK.