A terrific series of 12 books, published one a month during 2010, this is the eighth title in a page turning adventure which began when 15 year old Callum was hunted down by a crazed man carrying a deadly warning. His father has been killed on New Year’s Eve and Callum will be next unless he can survive the next 365 days. Now it's August and Cal is running out of places to hide. Everywhere he goes, someone seems to be behind him, tracking his every move. They don't care who they hurt to get to him. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, the threat to him and his family increases. Nobody is safe while the secret of the Ormond Singularity remains unsolved.
On New Year's Eve, Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a crazed man with a deadly warning: They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days. Cal is fighting for his sister's life. But nobody believes the 'psycho kid' and he's running out of people he can trust. He doesn't even know which of his enemies he's facing. How many hard-won treasures will he have to relinquish in return for his sister's safety?
Gabrielle Lord is one of Australia's leading and best-selling crime writers. As an acclaimed author - winner of the prestigious Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel in 2002, and the joint winner of the Davitt Award for crime fiction in 2003 - Lord's adult writing has amassed rave reviews.
Here's what she has to say about writing a series for a younger audience...
'Writing Conspiracy 365 has been the biggest, most exciting project I've ever done. I think I've been in training for this series all my writing life! I've used every skills I've ever learned in tracking Cal Ormond and his action-packed year of living dangerously. It's been fun watching all the characters evolve and try to make sense of a world which is often hostile and potentially fatal. I've loved writing this series and hope it brings suspense and thrills to all who read it.'
