Hostage Three
Nick Lake
Hostage Three
It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing: a girl on a yacht with her super-rich banker father; a chance for the family to heal after a turbulent time; the peaceful sea, the warm sun ...But a nightmare is about to explode as a group of Somali pirates seizes the boat and its human cargo - and the family becomes a commodity in a highly sophisticated transaction. Hostage 1 is Dad - the most valuable. Amy is Hostage 3. As she builds a strange bond with one of her captors, it becomes brutally clear that the price of a life and its value
3.2 out of 5 based on 2 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Fiction |
| Genre |
General Fiction, Crime, Thrillers & Mystery, Children's & Teenage |
| Format |
Hardcover |
| Pages |
400 |
| RRP |
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| Date of Publication |
January 2013 |
| ISBN |
978-1408828212 |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Children |
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It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing: a girl on a yacht with her super-rich banker father; a chance for the family to heal after a turbulent time; the peaceful sea, the warm sun ...But a nightmare is about to explode as a group of Somali pirates seizes the boat and its human cargo - and the family becomes a commodity in a highly sophisticated transaction. Hostage 1 is Dad - the most valuable. Amy is Hostage 3. As she builds a strange bond with one of her captors, it becomes brutally clear that the price of a life and its value
Reviews
The Guardian
SF Said
“Hostage Three begins by plunging us into the middle of an adrenaline-drenched drama ... It's hard to imagine a more arresting opening. This is very much what creative writing textbooks mean when they talk about starting a story in medias res. It's impossible not to be hooked. But there's a risk. Frontloading a narrative means that nothing else is likely to match the beginning for sheer intensity. And so it proves with Hostage Three - yet as it rewinds to show us the events leading up to that opening, Nick Lake's story develops not into the white-knuckle ride you might predict, but into something more complex, with unexpected political intelligence and emotional power.”
07/02/2013
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The Times
Amanda Craig
“The love aspects are the weakest in a novel that has pace and perception about workaholic fathers and estranged daughters. Lake is adept at unusual tales inspired by real events, though I suspect real-life Amys may be less impressed.”
05/01/2013
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