An Act Of Love

Crackling with tension, a timely real-life thriller which explores the consequences of the war on terror on two young lives, by prize-winning author, Alan Gibbons. Seven year old Chris and Imran are sworn blood brothers.Ten years on they are treading separate paths. The spectre of terrorism has wrecked their friendship. It has changed their lives and could even end them.A story of two ordinary boys growing up in an extraordinary time, our time. A time of terror, when atrocities don't just happen in TV reports about people in far away places.Rioting, fighting, maiming and killing are happening here, on our doorstep.www.orionbooks.co.uk£6.99978 1 78062 018 3 Childhood friends Chris and Imran celebrate the Millenium as inseparable blood brothers, they are both seven years old. But by 2011 their lives have taken very different paths. One has joined the Army and served in Afghanistan, the other is a potential jihad recruit. They are no longer friends, and there are bitter wounds between them which remain unhealed. Will their childhood bond be strong enough to overcome an extremist plot?In a highly-charged, honest and life affirming story, told in flashback from both Chris and Imran's viewpoint, Alan Gibbon's cleverly explores the very real issue of terrorism that affects everyone today.