The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven Large sized paperback

Esme’s hard brown hands lifted fractionally from her sides. Her amber eyes glittered as she faced her enemy. ‘No tricks,’ she said. ‘No more lies. You and me are going to fight this out to the finish. Right now.’ Jack doesn't know what he's got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were up in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie's dad, then suddenly next minute they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they'd ever encountered. And they were about to take the test. The Test transforms Charlie - leaving him with the distinctive markings of the Black Tattoo. The boys' meeting with Esme, a young girl with the most impressive martial arts skills this side of Bruce Lee, her huge and hairy father Raymond, and the mysterious Nick seem to have swept Charlie and Jack into a world they had no idea existed. And it's only going to get weirder …