​​‘A few days by the sea,’ Mr Hong says.

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After saving the world and discovering he’s a chemical element, sixteen-year-old Noah Vale is supposed to be lying low. Instead, he’s sent to North Cornwall, to a quiet coastal town that turns out to be anything but safe.

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Bude is home to a potentially unsafe safe house, a hidden base for British intelligence, and something offshore that might be alien, might be murderous, or might be both.

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On his very first day, Noah nearly drowns chasing a mermaid.

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Another mystery is born.

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