Natasha Carthew’s books are bleak and enthralling, set in a near future but terrifyingly unrecognisable Britain (Cornwall to be exact). The Light That Gets Lost is the story of Trey, who as a child, witnesses something that no child should.
After his sentencing, Trey arrives at the camp in the same way all the kids there did: damaged, angry and criminal. He is hunting for the man who slaughtered his family years ago. If Trey must keep his head down and pretend that he has turned a new page, he will.
But then friendship and loyalties start to complicate things and before he knows it Trey is caught in the flames of something wild and mad that he can’t control…
I would strongly recommend both The Light That Gets Lost and Natasha Carthew’s other novel Winter Damage – both are on display in the library this week.
