The Homeward Bounders
Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
3.89
· 18 ratings · 282 pages · Published: 26 Mar 1981
"You are now a discard. We have no further use for you in play. You are free to walk the Bounds, but it will be against the rules for you to enter play in any world. If you suceed in returning Home, then you may enter play again in the normal manner."
When Jamie discovers the sinister, dark-cloaked Them playing with human lives, he is cast out to the boundaries of the worlds. Clinging to Their promise that if he can get Home he is free, he becomes an unwilling Random Factor in their deadly, eternal game.
Jamie travels alone until he teams up with Helen and Joris, determined to beat Them at Their own game. But Their rules don't allow Homeward Bounders to work together...
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