Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was further away than ever.

You're never more alive than in battle." "Never more dead after," I say.

And then a low and powerful sound rumbles thru the sky, like some giant, deep horn. A sound God would make when he wanted yer attenshun.

You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.

I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on New World. I will be a man in one month’s time exactly.