Summary

Summary

Matt is a fourteen-year-old boy who lives with his aunt and her husband. But Matt had never felt like this was his home. And when his so called friend Kelvin, a boy who lives in his neighbourhood convinces his to join a robbery in a warehouse full of electronic equipment he gets into some serious problems. Something unexpected happens, a guard shows up and Kelvin stabs him and run’s away. Matt stays with the guard until the police arrive, to make sure the guard doesn’t die. So suddenly he is a prime-suspect in a serious crime. He gets the choice between going to jail or join a new project called the LEAF-project.

He is sent to a small village called Lesser Malling to live with Mrs. Deverill. She is a middle age woman, whom is very strict. Matt instantly dislikes her. Mrs. Deverill puts Matt to work on the farm. He works from the sun goes up and to long after it goes down. After some visits into the town he realises there is something odd with it. After warning Matt about Lesser Malling several people gets killed of disappears in mysterious ways. He tries to run away from Mrs. Deverill but he gets caught every time.

One day he discovers an old power station called Omega one. The power station lies deep into the woods and Matt almost gets lost. One day when he is in Lesser Malling he visits a journalist, Richard Cole who works in a newspaper that is called Greater Malling Gazette. He tells the journalist about the weird things about Lesser Malling and Mrs. Deverill, and how several people has disappeared after trying to help him. But Mr. Cole doesn’t believe him. But one day Richard saves his life and they become friends. Finally he believes Matt.

After this a lot of wierd things happens to Matt and Richard. They get into a game with no game rules.

At this time we are about half way in the book. I am not going to tell more about the story, because this is when the interesting part starts. So if you want to know the end you have to read the rest of the book.

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