This is a dazzling performance (think "Forrest Gump", think "Curious Incident", think Anne Donovan's "Buddha Da") from one of Scotland's brightest new talents. Adam Spark is eighteen going on eight-and-a-half. He is a fast-food worker, Queen fan and last in the queue for luck. On waking from an accident in which he saves a child, he has the distinct impression that all is far from right. What are these curious lights that seem to surround people? Why are animals and machines trying to speak to him? And can he really control time? Is it just his imagination, or has Adam Spark been chosen to become Scotland's first, and only, superhero. This, however, is the least of his problems. The local gang is luring him into deeper and darker peril. His sister and lone carer, Jude, is giving all her love to another woman. And if Jude abandons Adam - or Adam drives her away - all the superpowers in the world won't be able to save him.
- ISBN10 075532644X
- ISBN13 9780755326440
- Publish Date 15 September 2005 (first published 29 August 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Review
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English