Six Days - Hardcover

Webb, Philip

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ISBN 10: 0545317673 ISBN 13: 9780545317672

Publisher: Chicken House, 2011

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Will they find the lost treasure before time runs out? A gripping adventure about a desperate race through the wastelands of future London to find a relic of extraordinary power.

For Cass and Wilbur, life as scavengers is all they've ever known -- rummaging the ruins of London in search of a precious, powerful relic no one, not even their new Russian masters, has ever seen.

But when Erin and Peyto, two strangers from a faraway place, show up and claim they hold the key to locating the mysterious missing artifact, the treasure hunt takes on a lethal urgency. If the kids don't find the crucial object in SIX DAYS, their world will come crashing to an end!

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About the Author:

Philp Webb works as a "user experience consultant," helping his clients bridge the gap between technology and humanity. He has a computer science degree and a masters in human computer interaction. He lives in West London with his wife.

From Six Days

That's when Erin brings something out from under her collar. She cups it in her hand to show me.

First off I think it's an animal cos these long tentacles, thin as fishing wire, are waving about where it was clasped around her neck, and they just disappear into the rest of it like when you touch the stalks on a snail. It ain't much bigger than a chestnut shell, but it's an odd shape, a sort of knot with bulges and stalks and creases. And it's glowing with the faintest of lights7mdash;a shimmer of faraway blue and green, with hairline streaks of cream drawn across its surface in patterns, like the grain of bleached wood. Except it's much finer than that-all the detail is sharp and layered and sunk down deep inside. And as I gaze at it, I could swear them patterns are moving about, very slowly shifting and mixing. It's the most weirdest, most standout beautiful thing I've ever clapped my eyes on.

"What in the world is that?"

"It's a flinder," says Peyto. "I don't know if this is what the Vlads are looking for, but Erin's got one, I've got one, and...well, one of them is lost. Here. In this city."

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