Mortal Chaos

Matt Dickinson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:2nd Feb '12

£8.99

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Mortal Chaos cover

Some will live. Many will die. All are connected.

When a butterfly startles a young rabbit, and the rabbit makes a horse rear, it starts a chain of events, over the course of one day, that will change people's lives . . . and end people's lives. From the climber on Everest to the boy in Malawi . . . the commercial pilot to the American psycho . . . the chaos knows no bounds.'The Butterfly Effect ': the scientific theory that a single occurrence, no matter how small, can change the course of the universe forever. When a butterfly startles a young rabbit, and the rabbit makes a horse rear, it starts a chain of events, over the course of one day, that will change people's lives . . . and end people's lives. From a climber on Everest to a boy in Malawi . . . from a commercial pilot to an American psycho . . . the chaos knows no bounds. This heart-stopping adventure by writer, film maker and climber Matt Dickinson will leave readers breathless. It's the book Jack Bauer would have read as a teenager!

'. . . action-packed crackers kids will fly through.' * The Sun *
'Thrilling and thoughtful stuff for a 21st-century reader' * Telegraph *
'A pacy and thrilling read building to a dramatic finale. An imaginative page turner' * Booktrust *
'Slick as an oil-spill, and equally combustive, this yarn for mid-teens takes chaos theory as its basis . . . Gripping.' * The Telegraph *
'A fast-paced thriller with a generous drizzle of epicness. Utterly devourable.' * LoveReading4kids.co.uk, teen reader review *

ISBN: 9780192757135

Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 215g

304 pages