Nick McDonells electrifying novel tells the story of a fictional drug called<strong>Twelve</strong> and its devastating effects on the beautiful rich and desper... » 

Nick McDonells electrifying novel tells the story of a fictional drug calledTwelve and its devastating effects on the beautiful rich and desperate poor ofNew York City. A bleak Manhattan midwinter and a group of wealthy teenagersleft to their own devices by disregarding parents delve into the excesses ofdrugs sex and the most chilling acts of violence imaginable. Hunter falsely accused of murder after a fight on the basketball courts White Mike a straightA student who makes a fortune selling illegal substances Laura gorgeous but obsessed with a fabulous new designer drug called twelve andClaude whose trips into the shadier corners of Chinatown have fuelled amacabre fascination with deadly weapons...From page one this novel pulsatestowards its apocalyptic climax. Cool and cruel and utterly compulsive TWELVEis the debut novel of 2002. «