The story revolves around a 13 year old boy called Adam who is running from a cult called “The People”. They believe that boys born on midnight on the eve of the millennium must be sacrificed before they reach the age of 14 and achieve manhood or else they will ruin the new future set forth by “The Master”. The book has amazing characters like Adam, who fights to save his loved friends and family and a villain like Coron, a maniac cultist who is set on changing the world by any means possible. I absolutely loved this book and did not put it down until I finished it. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who likes an original and action packed storyline.

So this was a bit of a wow book, wow in the sense that it surprised me, it scared me and it most of all made me not want to put it down until I got to the very end. With The People believing that all boys born during the first minute of the millenium are evil and must die, Adam is put right into their line of fire. After dodging them without knowing for most of his life, Adam finally comes face to face with his enemies and begins fighting for his life. Hoyle has given the perfect view of teenage life, with a bit of murder and cult fanatics thrown in.

Adam was born at the stroke of midnight, on the eve of the new millennium, and he is the target of a cult that believe all the boys born on this date must die before their thirteenth birthday. One by one, they have been dropping like flies all over London, and Adam is the thirteenth, and final, boy on their list. And cult leader, Coron, will stop at absolutely nothing to ensure that his new kingdom becomes a reality… This is a brilliant YA thriller, hooking the reader from the first few pages. Filled with twists and turns, the reader is kept guessing and even when you think you know what’s going to happen, you really don’t. A fast-paced, thrilling read, for fans of Gone and Cherub.

when I started this, I wasn't that enamored. I didn't like how it was written and found some of the plot a little silly. skip forward two days and you would have seen me reading into the hours of the morning so that I could see how it ended and finish it as soon as possible. What the hell happened? Somewhere between the beginning and a third of the way through the book hooked me in, I liked the characters enough to care about their wellbeing and I thought that the twists were deft enough to make me go "oooooh" several times. I even found myself shouting at the book when it got a bit too tense. Not sure if I like the sounds of Book two, so that will probably suck me in as well.

The premise of this book sounded so appealing when I first heard about it. Crazed cult leaders, innocent teenage protagonist dragged into the action and drama that's out of their control - what's not to love? But I found that the intensity the synopsis promised petered away fairly quickly. The main threat came about far too early in the story and then it just faffed around for a bit in the middle before trying to regain some of the momentum that'd been lost. I'd like to say that it's a teenaged Da Vinci Code, but its not. I wasn't afraid for the characters, I wasn't attached to them and conisdering the main character's life is effectively crumbling around him, I didn't feel the despair and hopelessness that one would hope would come about from your life being ruined. It's good for a quick read and it would be a good book for younger teenagers to try before moving on to more sophisticated thrillers, but not a life-long favourite.