Has a book ever turned on you? It begins one way – with beautiful langauge and a simple character with a small life. Then, unexpectedly, it turns on you and becomes a different story, not so simple and oh, so not what you thought it was. The power of words that our main character Bolsover believe will bring order out of chaos do nothing of the kind. But the words in By Chance linger.

Culpability, identity, morality, and luck–all these play a part in a story that echoes our own lives.

By Chance: A Nove by Martin Corrick