<p>Eoin Colfer is the internationally bestselling author of the <i>Artemis Fowl</i> series. <i>The Supernaturalist</i> is Eoin's vision of a dystopian future where life is short and danger is always near for ages 7-12. <p><b>Satellite City Northern Hemisphere soon: </b> <p>Cosmo Hill is a human guinea pig in an orphanage used by corporations to test new products. Statistics say he has about a year left to live - unless he escapes. But escapes to what? <p>To a world of high-the gang warfare swat teams of paralegals and a plague of four-fingered parasites who are invisible to everyone except three misfits who call themselves the Supernaturalists. <br>Could Cosmo be one of them? Are they the family he'd always wanted? And if he does become a Supernaturalist will his life get any longer - or a whole lot shorter? <p>Acclaim for Eoin Colfer: <p>'Reads like <i>The Matrix</i> crossed with <i>Oliver Twist'</i> <i>The Times</i> <p>'A headlong techno fantasy... Colfer's story rattles along at a tremendous pace' <i>Guardian</i> <p>'As likely to appeal to grown-ups as children...a clattering adventure' <i>Telegraph</i></p>