Book excerpt: Bad luck can take many forms, but in Madeline's case it always seems to go for the jugular. One or two close calls might be shrugged off but they happen so often that she has grown used to the spiking adrenaline rush of a near death experience. Being repeatedly on the brink of losing her life, Madeline starts to wonder. Who is the mysterious boy that always saves her at the last second? And does he have anything to do with the reason Death seeks her out? Staying alive is no longer her only priority and while Madeline unveils the mystery surrounding her bad luck, she steadily grows closer with her secretive saviour - but not everything is as it appears.