FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE TUBE RIDERS TRILOGY AND THE MAN WHO BUILT THE WORLD “We existed in a circle of warmth; one big family, together alone. And now they’re all gone. God, how I miss them …” Bliss … or is it? Life is peachy for twenty-something Daniel Barker, who lives with his offbeat group of friends in a small flat in Bristol. From the eccentric Franz to the dominatrix Polly and the psychotic Shane, they all bring colour and excitement to his life. Together they are family, inseparable. And then Dan’s world is turned on its head the day he returns home to find them gone. The real nightmare is about to begin … Veering from brutal to comic via tragedy, disaster and love, Head of Words is the story of one man’s path to understanding upon a rollercoaster of life that threatens to both destroy him and set him free. Chris Ward is the acclaimed author of the Tube Riders Trilogy and The Man Who Built the World.