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Banksie and Mac live for football. Determined to get picked by the coach, they've spent the summer working on their fitness and skills. And now, with the start of a new school year, the days drawing in and the weather getting harsher, they're about to be put to the test. Dared to visit a fortune teller by Banksie's sister and her friends, the two boys are shaken by the prophesy that both of them will be captain. It's totally impossible, of course, because Duncan King, the star striker, is always captain. One dark autumn evening, however, Duncan has an accident. Or so everyone believes... But things aren't always what they seem. Football, Shakespeare and horror. A page-turning classic.

Imagine being a talented footballer - yet never being allowed to play? That's the law as laid down by Flint's bad-tempered, bullying father: a man with a dodgy back and an even dodgier means of earning a living - as a petty thief. Flint's over the moon - until he realizes what Dad's real motives are...

In this version of Macbeth, transposed to the football field, MacB, with the help of his friend Banksie, plans to supplant Duncan King as the star striker. A nasty accident puts Duncan out of the game and gives MacB his chance, but Banksie is suspicious.