Numbers

Publisher Marketing: Numbers that pop into her head when she looks into someone s eyes. They re dates, the numbers. Dates predicting with brute accuracy each person s death. Burdened by such grim knowledge, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. Maybe they can find happiness together, if only in the brief time that remains before his expiration date. But on a trip to London, Jem foresees a chilling chain of events: The city s a target. The clock s running out. The countdown is on to a blowup!" Contributor Bio:  Ward, Rachel Rachel Ward first won a writer's award at a regional arts arts festival, and her prize-winning short story turned into the opening chapter of Numbers, which is her debut novel. chapter of Numbers, which is her debut novel. She is currently working on the sequel. Rachel lives in Bath, England, with her husband and their two children.