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When a group of Glasgow high school students goes on a rural retreat to cope with a school tragedy, they find themselves in a chaotic mix of counselling, smuggled alcohol, late‑night encounters and underground partying. Their holiday is abruptly shattered by a mysterious, long‑forgotten military experiment that has gone out of control, threatening to open a gateway to hell and unleash supernatural forces upon the unsuspecting teenagers.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Suspense/Supernatural Suspense
Authors: Christopher Brookmyre
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