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  As they entered the archway, the parapet that ran above the Great Hall on the other side of Flag Court loomed into view.

  ‘Why’s there a rotting pumpkin on a pole up there?’ Luke asked Steven.

  Steven looked up. As they continued through the archway the strange object became more distinct.

  ‘Stop!’ Steven yelled suddenly. ‘Let’s get the hell out of here.’ He struggled to turn Allison’s wheelchair around.

  Penny and Luke heard a strange grating noise behind them and jumped with fright. With a rattling of iron chains and a cloud of rust, the portcullis crashed down into the archway behind them, cutting off their retreat. Then another portcullis dropped in front of them. They were trapped beneath the archway.

  Steven looked up at the rotten pumpkin again. His heart sank. Despite the decay, there was no mistaking the sharp features. It was Diana’s head.

  ‘Welcome back,’ said a voice behind them.

  They spun around. Damian, Jasper and Greg stood smiling at them through the portcullis latticework.

  Blood Bond is the sequel to…

  When a pandemic strikes, members of the Chatfield family possess a crucial advantage. Guessing that their relatives on the other side of the world might also have escaped the devastating virus, and knowing that for their ultimate survival they must increase their gene pool, two members of the family’s New Zealand branch embark on a perilous journey in a small yacht. The community they find on the other side of the world is a very different one, based on the rule of fear. Not only does it look impossible to take anyone back to New Zealand, but it may also be impossible for them to escape themselves.

  A dazzling debut, sharp, gripping and plausibly scary.