Black Hail

BLACK HAIL, clever, gritty, funny thriller for young adults and adults alike.
When Leo’s half-brother, Karl, turns up from one of his disappearances into the frozen north, he brings back more than his usual sheepish grin. He has finally found the fabled Katarinium – an anomalous physical element his family have been hunting down for over a hundred years.
Unfortunately, Karl’s discovery has not gone unnoticed. Katarinium may have the potential to benefit planet Earth, or destroy it. But scientific discoveries are not just about knowledge, they’re also about money and power.
Somehow, Karl has to get the Katarinium to a safe haven. And, like it or not, Leo too is going to be involved. Thrust suddenly outwards into an awareness of the greater world beyond his small university hometown, Leo is also thrust inwards into the murky world of his own family history. Who was his father, and just how much does his mother know about what is going on?
Leo would rather not know. But as history collides with the present, he finds he has no choice. There comes a point, he realises, when you have to stop acting like a boy.