The Chaos - Softcover

Ward, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545263557 ISBN 13: 9780545263559

Publisher: Chicken House, 2012

Synopsis

The curse of the NUM8ERS continues in Rachel Ward's CHA0T1C sequel -- told in the compelling alternating voices of runaway Sarah and hard-luck Adam.Adam inherited his mother Jem's curse. With a vengeance. When he stares into someone's eyes, he doesn't just see the date of their death, he feels the searing, shocking pain of it.Orphaned, Adam has grown up by the sea with his great-grandmother, Val. But as rising tides flood the coast, they flee to London. The city is an alien, anarchic place. Most disturbing of all, Adam can't help but clock how many people's numbers are in January 2027; how many are on New Year's Day.What chaos awaits the world? Can Adam and his damaged friend Sarah stop a catastrophe? Or are they, too, counted among the "twenty-sevens"?"Creepy and original!" -- R.L. Stine"Engrossing and au courant." -- The L.A. Times*Includes a sneak peek at 1NF1N1TY, the end of the trilogy!*Book Details:

About this title

About the Author:

RACHEL WARD first won a writers' award at a regional arts festival, and her prize-winning short story turned into the opening chapter of NUMBERS, her breakout debut novel. Its sequel, THE CHAOS, was published in Spring 2011; the trilogy concludes with INFINITY. Rachel lives in Bath, England, with her husband and their two children.

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From Numbers: The Chaos

His number's burning into me. It's different, odd. He only has three months to go. 12062026. I'm getting the flash of a blade, the hot metallic smell of blood. I feel sick. I can't move-his number, his death, has me in its grip. I shut my eyes to try and get it out of my head, break the spell. I open them again the split second before his knuckles hit my face.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0545263557
• ISBN 13: 9780545263559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368