Borderliners A Novel [Paperback]

National Bestseller

Strange things are happening at Biehl's Academy when this elite school opens its doors to a group of orphans and reform-school rejects, kids at the end of the system's tether. But the school is run by a peculiar set of rules by which every minute is regimented and controlled. The children soon suspect that they are guinea pigs in a bizarre social experiment, and that their only hope of escape is to break through a dangerous threshold of time and space. Peter H?eg's brilliant and dystopianBorderlinersis a uniquely philosophical thriller (Boston Sunday Globe) and a haunting story of childhood travail and hope.

Peter H?eg, born in 1957 in Denmark, followed various callings--dancer, actor, sailor, fencer, and mountaineer--before turning seriously to writing. He is the bestselling author of five novels and one short story collection. His work has been published in thirty-three countries.

Brilliant . . . [a] uniquely philosophical thriller. The Boston Sunday Globe

A brilliant novel of shattering force. Entertainment Weekly

Gripping and disturbing . . . H?eg's evocation of the way a child perceives the world is alarmingly vivid. USA Today

The Catcher in the RyemeetsA Brief History of Time. . . .Brilliantly tormenting and philosophically haunting. Glamour

An honest novel that once again demonstrates H?eg's talent and integrity. The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

A beautiful and satisfying book, reminiscent ofA Clockwork OrangeorLord of the Flies. Orlando Sentinel

Powerful . . . well-crafted suspense . . . Just as withSmilla's Sense of Snow,one question hangs in the air when the last page is turned: When do we get his next book? Newsweek