Merciless reason
| By: | Oisín McGann |
| Publisher: | Corgi Childrens |
| Published: | March 2012 |
| Pages: | 512 |
| Categories: | Childrens |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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Nate Wildenstern has been on the run from his family for the past three years, but he is about to discover that the murderous Wildensterns cannot be hidden from forever... Megalomaniac and extremely dangerous cousin Gerald has been advancing his research into intelligent particles, with the intention of creating the ultimate engimal. Can Nate return to the Wildenstern estate incognito, and take his revenge upon Gerald?
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