Author: John Christopher

Published: 1973

Publisher: Puffin Penguin

Format: Paperback

Pages: 176

Suitable: Secondary

Accidents happen, they said - but was his father's death really an accident?

On the run after the tragic death of his father, Rob Randall risks capture, punishment and even worse when he crosses the Barrier into the open fields of the County. Life there is idyllic, almost feudal, and as long as Rob can hide his secret past, then he is safe. Or so he thinks...

A chilling story of life in the not-too-distant future, when power is held by a few and rebellion crushed mercilessly