Black Tide

Shortlisted for the Scottish Children's Book Award 2013. On his own. Outracing the dogs. Outsmarting the raiders. Can he rescue his family? Survivors of the red fever epidemic battle on in a Scotland overrun by super-intelligent dogs and terrorised by the evil General. When the General's raiders capture Toby's dad and sister, he must save them. He invades a fort, befriends a wolf-girl and steals a speed boat. But will he find the General and free the prisoners? Toby's dad and little sister have been kidnapped by pirates, and Toby is left alone in the aftermath of the terrible Red Fever epidemic, which has wiped out much of the world's population. Menacing tribes of super-intelligent dogs are gaining ever more ground in Scotland, moving northwards. A mysterious figure called The General is leading a group of villains who are kidnapping people and imprisoning them in a place he calls New Caledonia. But where is this New Caledonia and what does The General plan to do with his captives? Toby sets out on a perilous mission to find New Caledonia and, he hopes, his family