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About the Book

Alec returns to Kings Keep for second semester, only to find his group disintegrating at the hands of an apparent enemy within. More mysterious messages appear, together with a new face who may hold the solutions and a new roommate for Rod that sets Alec seething. Is Rod finally over his bizarre behaviour? Have his strange paintings finally been decoded? An orienteering activity and performing arts production bring out the best, and worst, in the students. Startling new revelations about the invisible world make it impossible for Alec to give up on the cosmic battle. In their final week, he and his friends learn that they will not return to Kings Keep for Year 8.

About the Author

Graeme Butz is a former high school teacher and community worker who lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia. He spends much of his time working on his bush garden, reading, listening to music, visiting Op Shops, writing the next book, and talking to his ‘visitors’ (parrots, wallabies, lizards and snakes). Occasionally he spends time beachcombing on the New South Wales south coast and helping with reading support groups in local schools. Written while still a teacher, the Kings Keep series—its characters, events, and narrative—were all extensively piloted on junior high school students (and underwent serious revision) to ensure language- and content-appropriate plot and text for the target age group.