Ben and Olly are ten. For as long as they can remember they have been best friends and close neighbours in a quiet North London suburb.
Then Carl moves into their street. Carl is bad. Carl is very bad. His games are rough, dangerous, and strangely exciting. But soon Ben begins to wonder where their new friend is leading them. Why is Carl so fearless? Why are they never allowed into his house? And why is that Carl seems to want Olly all to himself…?
