If you master others you are forceful If you master yourself you have inner strength Lao Tzu 6th century BCE China
CHAPTER ONE Someone had said the view from the top of the rollercoaster was amazing but Will Hopkins had only one thought as the carriage rattled its way up the steep steel incline I’m only thirteen I’m too young to die Beside him in the lead car Pollo di Nozi strained against the safety bar pointing excitedly Would you look at that bolt there Will It’s wobbling like crazy This rig needs a good going over with a welding torch if you ask me There’s another loose one Look Will stared ahead across the treetops and the Riddle Gully fairground to the clock tower of the town hall in the distance His eyes were like golf balls His knuckles as they gripped the bar looked like eight snow-capped mountain-tops Why had he ever listened to Pollo Didn’t he know that what Pollo called fun 5
