Nathan’s only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers-before it’s too late. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world’s most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus. Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. He gets a chance to escape, to find his father, and to receive the powers that are rightfully his.
The final pages make it clear that this is very much the first book in the series, offering readers only a tantalising introduction to Nathan's story.Nathan is the son of the most evil witch in England, kept in a cage, with more wardens than friends. Spare, dark and violent, it paints a vivid portrait of Nathan's alienation, and the brutality of his society. Fast-paced, gripping and gruesome, it is a distinctly different take on witches, magic and the paranormal that is certainly not for the faint-hearted. There has been a huge amount of 'buzz' around Sally Green's debut novel. But how can he ever escape - and without anyone left to trust, or turn to, what will become of him? Somehow he must survive their torture, and escape before his birthday, so he can receive the traditional 'three gifts' or else he will die. Soon, he is trapped in a cage, beaten, handcuffed and completely at the mercy of his captors.
But as he grows older, he finds himself hunted. Ostracised by the White Witch community, pitied by some and feared by others, he's used to being an outcast. His father, Marcus, whom he has never met, is the world's most powerful and cruel Black Witch his mother is dead, and he's forced to live as a 'half-code', continually under suspicion from those around him. In a modern-day Britain in which witches live alongside humans, Nathan is caught between the 'good' White Witches and the 'bad' Black Witches.
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