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Destiny's Right Hand

The Undys: On The Move

Puffin, 2010

Author's Notes

Yep, it's true. I really do think this is the best book I've ever written. But it is a bit darker than anything I've published previously. It's not all sporty and amusing like Maxx Rumble, the Undys and Dog Wars. It's really a teenage drama tinged with magic-realism. There's a supernatural sort of element to the story - or at least, there seems to be - and the two heroes, Eddie and Destiny, are 15 and 16, so it's probably for slightly older kids as well. Just thought I should let you know.

The Blurb

a beautiful shoplifter.
a transplanted hand.
a message that
must be delivered.

While stumbling through a harsh world of
hopes and expectations, teenage journalist
Eddie Innocent meets the stunning but strange
Destiny. As they work together to solve a
painful mystery, Eddie wonders if he’s ﬁnally
discovered the front-page news story he’s been
looking for.

What he doesn’t realise is that he’s being
drawn deeper into his own darkness.

Praise for Destiny's Right Hand

"A little bit odd, very quirky and possibly just what is needed in books for those middling teens." Kate O'Donnell, Magpies Magazine

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