Secret Heart Macmillan|Tor Karl begins to tap this

Karl begins to tap this new source of creativity - but just how far will he go in his pursuit of the ultimate story

Drawing from two political and several literary homelands

At stake is all humanity

" Suddenly Converse is running for his life

A killer is stalking young lovers

Secret Heart Macmillan|Tor Karl begins to tap thisJoe lives with his mother in Helmouth, a forgotten village crumbling on the edge of the suburbs. His days are spent trying to evade the demands of school and the taunts of the local bullies. Joe's friend, Stanny, insists that Joe must toughen up, become a survivor and he is adamant that a weekend in the wilderness with Stanny and his Uncle Joff will do the trick. Into Joe's unhappy world comes Hackenschmidt's Circus, and with it the strangely familiar