Blackout - Softcover

Mills, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571239412 ISBN 13: 9780571239412

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2010

Synopsis

I am on the run. The police are chasing me because they think I'm a terrorist.

The trouble all began when my Dad, who's a bookseller, hid a writer called Omar Shakir in our house. Omar wrote a book you may have heard of but won't have read. It's called The Exploded. It inspired a terrorist attack on London. That's why it's a BANNED book. We live in dangerous times. Lots of books are banned now. Harry Potter. Alex Rider. James Bond. If you're caught reading one, you could go to jail. The state says books and films and computer games have to be nice and happy, so they don't inspire teenagers to commit violent crime or terrorism. I thought they were wrong. I thought, how much harm can a book do?

Then I read one. Now I'm about to commit murder. Now I know better.

BOOKS ARE DANGEROUS.

About this title

Book Description:

Blackout is an explosive new thriller from Sam Mills set in a terrifying future where state corruption, mind control and propaganda can cause even the most unlikely person to commit the worst of crimes.

Synopsis:

"Shooting Words" is a tense political thriller with censorship as its main theme. Set sometime in the future, a number of terrorist attacks have forced England's national security to be tightened. People have to carry ID cards, there are armed police on every street corner, and censorship has crept in. Newspapers are controlled by the government and subversive bloggers are regularly jailed. Writers who denounce the state face persecution and possible imprisonment, and there are unofficial lists of banned books which all booksellers must adhere to.15-year-old Stefan's dad is a bookseller who has hidden a 'wanted' writer inside his house. When the police discover his betrayal, his father is arrested and Stefan has to embark on a tense adventure in order to free him - a journey that will involve secret literary codes, a mysterious copy of "Paradise Lost" that various gangs want so badly they are prepared to kill for it, and an assassination attempt...Praise for "A Nicer Way to Die": 'I burnt a lot of midnight oil and even more adrenaline reading this fabulous novel' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'A fresh voice, brimming with character and color...both horrifying and a hoot' - Matt Whyman.

'Horrifying yet compelling...definitely not for the faint-hearted' - Betty Bookmark. 'A weird, unputdownable mix of Stephen King and Toby Litt' - Achuka Choice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0571239412
• ISBN 13: 9780571239412
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304