Captive (eBook)

'Request urgent back-up. The prime minister has been shot. Repeat: The prime minister has been shot.'
And someone is screaming.
It is a long time before I realize it is me.
Robyn Knollys-Green is being held captive in an unknown, underground location. Her family are safe at Number 10 - for now - and she is being used as a pawn in a passionate dispute between environmental extremists and the British government.
As the world watches and waits, Robyn learns more about her kidnappers. She begins to realise that she is trapped in a complicated web of corruption and deceit...and that the strange, melancholy boy who has been tasked with guarding her might not be the bad guy after all...
A thrilling, well-crafted, ever-relevant story from a talented new voice in YA fiction

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'A moving exploration of identity, celebrity, loyalty and power' BooktrustI open my eyes. The cell is flooded with sunlight; the window is a splice of pale blue. Dust particles dance in the sparkling light, pirouetting in a golden line from the window to the opposite wall of the cell, where they seem to converge into shapes. It is like looking into a kaleidoscope. Dad isn't here. No one is, but me. Robyn Knollys-Green is an A-list celebrity, famous for being the daughter of one of the world's most powerful men. But not even the paparazzi can find her now. Robyn begins to realise that she is trapped in a complicated web of global corruption and deceit - and that the strange, melancholy boy who has been tasked with guarding her might not be an enemy after all . . .A thrilling, well-crafted, ever-relevant story from a talented new voice in YA fiction.