Random NUMBER

by J.P. Burke

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS RANDOM NUMBER… This was the chance they had gambled on… The bomb was hidden deep in the hotel’s basement two years earlier on spec. Now the Washington hotel is to host a US government sponsored Middle East peace conference. Ten year-old Hussein Shaffeed’s father and his stepmother are members of a group of radicals planning to activate the bomb! In a small town just outside Washington DC, ten year-old Abi Swenson is at home, recovering between bouts of chemotherapy treating her cancer. A new telephone is installed to relieve her isolation and boredom. Abi experiments with calling random numbers and connects with Hussein. An unlikely friendship forms. He relates words from his parents late night conversations and their secretive behaviour. Soon both are certain that something evil is being planned… But who will believe two children?

354 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2015