I didn't want it to be this way between us, Marnie. But from the very first time I met you, I think I knew that it would have to be. Marnie later remembered everything else, but not the actual feel of the sharp blow to her head. 16-year-old Marnie, daughter of a dead superstar, lives in the comforting world of her favourite Internet adventure game. There she spends her time battling an intriguing rogue called the Elf. But closing herself off from everyone doesn't mean she's safe. Because Marina is suddenly kidnapped and finds herself locked in a lonely basement. As she desperately tries to escape her jailer, she longs for just one more battle of wits with the mischievous Elf...

 

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Nancy Werlin is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Killer's Cousin , Rules of Survival , Black Mirror , Impossible , and a host of other young adult novels. She lives in Massachusetts.