The splash of gasoline. The flicker of a flame. Then it all came crashing down. Andrea Lawson stood outside the menacing gates of Coates Academy, about to discover the true meaning of 'Hell on Earth'.

Quinn Gaither has a sister at Coates. Mathilda (Matty for short). The sadist. The girl that liked to kill things. Especially animals. No one knew they were related. So when Quinn saw the kids from Coates arriving at Perdido beach he knew an unexpected family reunion was about to take place. And so did Matty. *basically all the characters belong to Micheal Grant apart from Matty Gaither (though technically 'Gaither' belongs to Micheal Grant too)