Knife Edge

Perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power, Knife Edge is the incredible second novel in iconic author Malorie Blackman’s ground-breaking four-part YA series, Noughts & Crosses.

‘Devastatingly powerful’ Guardian

No one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred I held for Sephy Hadley. Everything began with her and my brother. And that’s how it would end.

Where there has been love, now there is hate.

Two families have been shattered by the divided and violent society they live in.

Sephy Hadley - a Cross, supposedly powerful and privileged - has bound herself forever to her nought lover Callum McGregor’s family.

But Jude McGregor blames Sephy for all the tragedies his family has suffered. And he is determined to force her to take sides, and destroy her life … just like she destroyed his…

Voted as one of the UK’s best-loved books, Malorie Blackman’s Noughts & Crosses series is a seminal piece of YA fiction; a true modern classic.

‘Moving and thought-provoking’ Observer