A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the fifth title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning.
Now Cal is on the run from both ruthless criminals and the police. He must find out the truth about his father’s mysterious death and uncover a secret from the past. Somehow he must make sense of his father's mysterious drawings and solve a family secret from the past: the Ormond Singularity. But now Cal has hit rock bottom. He's lost the only clues he had to the Ormond Singularity and now, trapped in a high-security prison for the insane, he's lost his identity too. He must escape and carry on his father's quest for the truth - but how? Nobody knows where he is, and no one can hear him scream. He has 235 days. His life is on the line ...
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On New Year's Eve, Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days! Cal has hit rock bottom. He's lost the only clues he had to the Ormond Singularity: the family secret that's turned his life into a nightmare. And now, trapped in a high-security prison for the insane, he's lost his identity too. Against all the odds, he must escape and carry on his father's quest for the truth - but how? Nobody knows where he is, and no one can hear him scream. He has 235 days. His life is on the line...
Gabrielle Lord is one of Australia's leading and best-selling crime writers. As an acclaimed author - winner of the prestigious Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel in 2002, and the joint winner of the Davitt Award for crime fiction in 2003 - Lord's adult writing has amassed rave reviews.
Here's what she has to say about writing a series for a younger audience...
'Writing Conspiracy 365 has been the biggest, most exciting project I've ever done. I think I've been in training for this series all my writing life! I've used every skills I've ever learned in tracking Cal Ormond and his action-packed year of living dangerously. It's been fun watching all the characters evolve and try to make sense of a world which is often hostile and potentially fatal. I've loved writing this series and hope it brings suspense and thrills to all who read it.'
