Ram has no memory of who he is, his background or where he has come from. He awakes in a darkened corridor of a block of flats with no idea of how he has got there. And then the lift doors nearby open and inside is a dying man...Ram is now the murder suspect and on the run. But there is something that draws him back - the dying man's last words. And as he discovers more about the murdered man, Ram becomes aware that somebody is following him, somebody with sinister intent ...Could it be something to do with his past? A tense thriller that is part of a 4-part series that will have Ram discovering more and more about his background and identity with each book.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Nemesis .

There are 304 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2006 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Catherine MacPhail is an award-winning author with an excellent reputation in schools and bookshops. Her other Barrington Stoke books are Picking on Percy, Sticks and Stones and A Kind of Magic. She lives in Greenock.