<p>“An excellent writer.” <b>—George R.R. Martin</b></p><p>“<i>One Word Kill</i> is the kind of story that will stay with you for a lifetime.” <b>—Robin Hobb, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b></p><p>“A completely absorbing tale that perfectly captures the fear, awkwardness, cynicism, and optimism of adolescence.” <b>—Anthony Ryan, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Legion of Flame</i></b></p><p>“<i>One Word Kill</i> grabs hold of you and won’t let you go until you’ve finished the last page. It’s everything that I look for in a book, and like the best of reads, one that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading it.” <b>—John Gwynne, author of <i>The Faithful</i> and the Fallen series</b></p>
A Goodreads Choice Award finalist.
“I enjoyed the hell out of One Word Kill. Mark is an excellent writer.” – George R.R. Martin
In January 1986, fifteen-year-old boy-genius Nick Hayes discovers he’s dying. And it isn’t even the strangest thing to happen to him that week.
Nick and his Dungeons & Dragons-playing friends are used to living in their imaginations. But when a new girl, Mia, joins the group and reality becomes weirder than the fantasy world they visit in their weekly games, none of them are prepared for what comes next. A strange—yet curiously familiar—man is following Nick, with abilities that just shouldn’t exist. And this man bears a cryptic message: Mia’s in grave danger, though she doesn’t know it yet. She needs Nick’s help—now.
He finds himself in a race against time to unravel an impossible mystery and save the girl. And all that stands in his way is a probably terminal disease, a knife-wielding maniac and the laws of physics.
Challenge accepted.
Ready Player One meets Stranger Things in this new novel by bestselling author Mark Lawrence.