DISAPPEARANCE

This novel centres on the unlikely friendship between two boys, Jacob Mueller and Mike McCallum.

Jacob seems to be from a different world. After mystifying experts and doctors, who finally decide that he is an elective mute, Jacob ends up in a juvenile group home, isolated and withdrawn, the butt of teasing by the other kids.

Mike exists in his own private hell. Scarred physically and emotionally after the murder of his younger brother, his one aim is to survive the system until he is legally old enough to get out.

He uses his horrific appearance, imposing size, sharp intelligence, and a calculated brutality to keep everyone at bay - until he meets Jacob.