When Mark is sent to St Matthew's College for Boys, it is one more punishment for years of bad behavior. The school has a reputation for knocking boys like him into shape, run with an iron fist by the sinister headmaster, Mr. Crabtree. As soon as he arrives, Mark enters a sinister world of questions: what is Mr. Crabtree's secret, and why does he have a miserable sixteen-year-old secretary? Are his new friends who they say are? Mark sets out to find answers, with his friends, Trent, Vlad and Francis. Together, they are the Goblet Club, dedicated to the study of poisons. They begin to use their potions to rid the school of a plague of rats, but as Mark is drawn deeper in, their thoughts turn to murder… This novel was the winner of the English category of Human & Rousseau's I'm a Writer competition, held in co-operation with Huisgenoot, You and Drum magazines, SABC Education and RSG.