"ChrisMarshallmetthegirlhewasgoingtokillonawarmnightinearlyJune,whenofthecollegesinOxfordwasholdingitssummerball."AchancemeetingwithJennyatanOxfordpartyleavesseventeen-year-oldChriswithhopeforasummerromance-andnopremonitionoftrouble.BusywithhisjobandsooninlovewithJenny,whosecheerfulsurfacebeliesthedarkuncertaintyofherpast,Chrismissesallthesignsofdanger.Beforeheknowsit,he'scaughtinthesinisterwebofacriminalwhosedesireforrevengecrushesthosewhostandinhisway.WrittenbyPhilipPullman
