Black Chalk

by Christopher J. Yates

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Pub Date 19 Sep 2013 | Archive Date 31 Oct 2013

Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

One game. Six students. Five survivors.

It was only ever meant to be a game.

A game of consequences, of silly forfeits, childish dares. A game to be played by six best friends in their first year at Oxford University. But then the game changed: the stakes grew higher and the dares more personal, more humiliating, finally evolving into a vicious struggle with unpredictable and tragic results.

Now, fourteen years later, the remaining players must meet again for the final round.

One game. Six students. Five survivors.

It was only ever meant to be a game.

A game of consequences, of silly forfeits, childish dares. A game to be played by six best friends in their first year at...

A Note From the Publisher

UK edition - available for readers in the UK, Commonwealth and Europe.

Marketing Plan

A compulsively readable psychological thriller set in New York and at Oxford University, in which a group of six students play an elaborate game of dares and consequences - with tragic results