S.T.A.G.S by M.A. Bennett
Nine students. Three bloodsports. One deadly weekend.
Greer MacDonald is struggling to settle into the sixth form at the exclusive St. Aidan the Great boarding school, known to its privileged pupils as STAGS. Just when she despairs of making friends Greer receives a mysterious invitation with three words embossed upon on it: huntin’ shootin’ fishin’. When Greer learns that the invitation is to spend the half term weekend at the country manor of Henry de Warlencourt, the most popular and wealthy boy at STAGS, she is as surprised as she is flattered. But when Greer joins the other chosen sixth-formers at the ancient and sprawling Longcross Hall, she realises that Henry’s parents are not at home; the only adults present are a cohort of eerily compliant servants. The teens are at the mercy of their capricious host, and, over the next three days, the three bloodsports – hunting, shooting and fishing – become increasingly dark and twisted. Greer comes to the horrifying realisation that Henry’s prey are not wild game at all, but the misfits he has brought with him from school; they are all part of some terrifying initiation. Greer and fellow outsiders Shafeen and Nel must fight to hold onto their morals; and, ultimately, their lives.
