The Otherlife!

I always get away with it when I try stuff like this. Partly it comes down to sort of assuming that I'm going to. I've got loads of confidence. And Loki got away with everything. Well, almost everything. When troubled, quiet Ben begins at the ruthlessly competitive Cottesmore House, school to the richest, most privileged boys, he is befriended by Hobie: the wealthy class bully, product of monstrous indulgence and intense parental ambition. Hobie is drawn to Ben because he can see the Otherlife: a violent, mythic place where gods and monsters roam. Ben has unnerving visions of Thor and Odin, and of the giant beasts that will destroy them, as well as Loki, god of mischief. Hobie is desperate to be a part of it. Years later, Ben discovers his beloved tutor Jason is dead. And he can't help wondering if Hobie - wild, restless, dangerous Hobie, had something to do with it...Beguiling, shocking and richly imaginative, the Otherlife is about the darkest impulses within us all.
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Everything you ever wanted to know about The Otherlife… in alphabetical order!

A is for… Asgard, where the Norse Gods dwell in peace
B is for… Bifrost, the rainbow bridge on which Heimdallr sits, watching and waiting... and
Berserks, fearsome warriors sacred to Odin
C is for… Cottesmore House, the school at which Ben and Hobie are pupils in 2008
D is for… Download, the annual rock festival that Ben has always longed to go to
E is for… Eggs, Hobie's favourite brunch food… and
Elsie, Hobie’s mother
F is for… Frodo (aka Fat Frodo, aka Hobbitboy), Hobie's rival and nemesis in 8 Upper… and
Fenrir the wolf
G is for… Graveyards, where Ben likes to walk at night
H is for… Hǫdr, the blind God whom Loki tricks into killing his brother Baldr
I is for… Ike, Hobie’s father
J is for… Jason, Ben’s beloved tutor
Jormungandr, the giant serpent
K is for… Kaizen, a concept of continual improvement in which Ben’s friend Solomon firmly believes… and
Kensal Green, Ben’s favourite cemetery
L is for… Loki, mischief-making God greatly admired by Hobie
Latin, which Hobie and Ben study for Scholarship
M is for… Metallica, Ben’s favourite band
N is for… Naglfar, the ship of dead men's nails
O is for… Odin, father of the gods, lover of wisdom
P is for… Pret a Manger, Hobie’s favourite haunt (he prefers the Super Club Sandwich)
Q is for… Quotations from the Prose Edda, which feature in several places… and Zara’s patchwork quilt
R is for… Rugby, Hobie’s preferred sport
Ragnarok, the much-anticipated final days of the Gods
S is for… Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse… and
Skǫll, son of Fenrir and Ben’s favourite wolf
T is for… Thor, God of thunder, with enormous physical strength
U is for… 8 Upper, Ben and Hobie's class at Cottesmore House
V is for… Valkyrie, female spirits and helpers of Odin
W is for… Wolf tattoo, the first thing Hobie really notices about Ben
X is for… X-box, one of Hobie's many leisure pursuits
Y is for… Yggdrasil, the world tree
Z is for… Zara, Hobie's little sister, and an important figure in Ben’s life

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