Pecking Order

Rubble lives in a caravan and works on a battery farm. Totally oblivious to the outside world, he spends his days disposing of the sick and injured chickens. But all the while he dreams of a life in the army – despite the fact his numerous applications have been rejected.

Then one day a mysterious visitor arrives and sees Rubble’s child-like naivety combined with an ability to kill without compunction. Soon Rubble is employed on a sinister secret project.

Rubble’s only chance of realising how he’s being cruelly used lies with the one person he confides in: a fortune-teller working on a premium rate telephone line. But just how disturbing must her caller’s revelations become before she is prepared to take action?

This chilling thriller explores the darkest reaches of human psychology: that which drives one person to kill another.