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 feels like a failure -- it seems
as if he's fighting everyone and getting nowhere. He needs his friends
like never before. Nobody knows the answer to the riddle, but Cal begins
to understand that the mystery may be far bigger than anyone realises.
He can't give up now, no matter what the cost.
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.'