It was upon us andsomehow despite living a term now as an almost normal boy, save for mymakeup, I was profoundly unhappy, even for a Goth.It was time ...o return home.Jade wanted to come with me to meet Mum and Trudy, and although she didnot say it, she wanted to work out a way of cheering me up.Me, I was running out of money, and I needed a job.While I was sleeping on my first day back Mum and Jade had got out thephoto albums and Jade had been shown through my childhood. She waspuzzled though. The only clue they had that they were making any progress was that they would occasionally meet a machine gun pillbox which they had to take out. These pillboxes did no damage to the humans, but they were a damned nuisance.A member of Lynx's squad came up with the idea that they split up into 2-man details who would look for the next pillbox. The internal communicators still worked fine inside the citadel, so they could call for help when they found a pillbox or anything else interesting. That. Nate does not believe in anything but studying and reading poetry. I do those things also, but I live for today and I love to find the adventure in everything. We are alike, but at most times different. I walk out my room and follow the path that Nate took not but two minutes ago.My mother starts talking as soon as I reach the top of the grand staircase, “Ah, there’s my boy. Come stand next to Nate sweetheart so we can be presentable and let her in.”I’m shocked for a moment, “it’s a girl. “Tom Firbrite has done it again, a real page turner - The Guardian; Scared me stiff. I will never look in a mirror again – The Sun; This will keep you awake at night – Evening Standard; Couldn’t put it down – Boston Globe”You can imagine how excited I had greeted the news that, subject to a busy schedule, Tom Firbrite had agreed to visit our stand on the final day of the festival for a book signing event.I was joined by Derek Longhurst and Kaylee Penistone from our London office. We all knew.