The world of Colony is in ruins. No one knows what caused society to begin tearing itself apart - but the secret may lie with Cora, a girl living on the mountainside far away from others. Cora possesses an extraordinary gift: the power to see back in time, from an event back to its causes. Even more incredibly, sometimes she can change events.

But the present is looking for Cora, and she is forced on the run - and must decide who she is, what she can do ... and how to fix the future.

Alastair Chisholm is a children's author and puzzle creator. As a puzzle creator he wrote quite a lot of books of Sudoku and other puzzles for kids and grown-ups, and as an author he writes picture books and middle-grade fiction. Alastair lives in Edinburgh with his wife (who is lovely), two teenagers (who are lovely but very loud), and a cat named Maudie, who is yowling at him even though there is clearly food in her bowl, look, it's right there, look. His hobbies include writing and playing games on his phone when he should be writing.

Number of pages: 272
Reading age guide: 8 to 12 years
Publication date: 2nd June 2022
Publisher: Nosy Crow
ISBN: 9781788006101
Format: Paperback