Amidst the excitement of the advances in stem cell research, little thought has been given to the human spare parts created at the world-famous 'Centre'. But what happens when those 'spare parts' are revealed to be a lot more than that - to be living, breathing replicas of human beings? An orphaned
Shadows: the past is waiting
โ Scribed by Meaghan McIsaac
- Book ID
- 100635942
- Publisher
- Andersen Press Ltd; Andersen Digital
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 1783446218
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Patrick is a boy out of his time. He has been thrown forward 300 years into the future, and he must find a way home to save his family from a frightening fate.
Leaving shelter with his Shadow, the man who Moved him to this future, Patrick starts out on a terrifying quest to the very heart of danger. Amongst scavengers, thieves and a crack team of soldiers dedicated to destroying a despotic regime, Patrick will have to fight every step of the way to find his way back to where he belongs.
โฆ Subjects
Personal & social issues: divorce, separation, family break-up (Children's -- Teenage)
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