ABOUT
THE BOOK

Kate Carr is such a lucky teenager. Although her mother has left, she is far from neglected at home. The girls at school envy her because her father is such a charmer, the most mesmerizing minister in Edinburgh. The clever new girl, Lydia, envies her most of all. Sometimes, Kate wonders what it would be like to have a mother like Lydia’s, or even a doting grandmother like stupid Moira’s, but she knows what she has is better. She is special; she is Keith Carr’s first fruit, his offering. He is training her up in his image, to have It, his special power, the ability to manipulate people. She practices what he’s taught her with devastating effect. But a recurrent dream tantalizes Kate. On the night she hosts a sleepover, it comes ot her once more and a truth which has long eluded her is revealed. Then nothing can cleanse her world but fire and death.