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A new bestseller: this is a fast-moving coming-of-age trilogy featuring a strong cast of diverse characters, brilliant set-pieces and a strong character and plot driven story.

Mistaken for a skilled superspy, twelve-year-old Jack finds himself in a perilous situation when intergalactic beings target him. To survive, he must join forces with an eclectic group of alien bounty hunters, embarking on an unexpected adventure filled with danger and camaraderie. This thrilling tale explores themes of friendship and bravery against a backdrop of interstellar intrigue.

Jack has always known there was something not quite right about his parents: they move him every year, never seem to sleep, and what is that beeping from the attic? But when Jack goes to investigate and accidentally sets off an inter-galactic distress signal, things get CRAZY quickly.

Empires rise, civilisations fall and one culture comes to subsume another. It's the way of the world . . . sometimes ways of life are improved, sometimes they are not. But the progression of change is huge and - usually - unstoppable. In this story, the Ossian way of life is fading and the Dachen way is taking its place and Aren is comfortable with that. Even when his parents are accused of treason he supports the establishment and maintains there's been some mistake . . . which is all it takes to get himself and his best friend arrested . . . Thrown into a prison mine they plan their escape - only to be overtaken by events when they're rescued, and promptly find themselves in the middle of an ambush. By the time they've escaped, they're unavoidably linked to Garric - their unwelcome saviour - and his quest to overturn to Dachen way of life. If they leave Garric now, they'll be arrested or killed by their pursuers. If they turn him in, Garric will kill them. If they stay with him, they'll be abetting a murderous quest they don't believe in. There are no good options - but Aren will still have to choose a path . . . Designed to return to classic fantasy adventures and values, from a modern perspective, this is a fast-moving coming-of-age trilogy featuring a strong cast of diverse characters, brilliant set-pieces and a strong character and plot driven story.

When the Boeing 747 first flew commercially in 1970 it ushered in a new era of affordable air travel.

A story of reckless ambition, unshakable friendship and the perils of fame, set in a broken future... Cassica and Shiara have grown up in an outback settlement far from anywhere. Life's hard where they live, but these two girls have a dream. The biggest sport on the planet is The Free Race, a dangerous offroad rally in which competitors drive souped-up racers through the badlands. Cassica is a talented driver; Shiara her engineer and navigator. Their mission: to win the ultimate race, a course called the Widowmaker, a three-day rally through the most dangerous stretch of the badlands. Pursuing them will be the Wreckers, a colourful bunch of psychopaths driving monstrous armoured vehicles, hell-bent on destroying any racers they catch. The winners are crowned champions of The Free Race. The losers don't survive. . .

All good things come to an end. And this is it: the last stand of the Ketty Jay and her intrepid crew. They've been shot down, set up, double-crossed and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a ten-thousand-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble.

A gripping novel about a mysterious virus at a boarding school, where a boy bitten by a silver beetle becomes the first victim. This infection turns flesh into metal and students into machines, reminiscent of "28 Days Later" and "Assault on Precinct 13." Who will be the next to turn silver?

Thrilling dystopian sci-fi adventure by the Storm Thief author Chris Wooding. The Lazarus Serum can bring you back from the dead. Only thing is, it turns you into a Pale. Jed can't imagine anything worse, but then the choice is taken out of his hands...

RETRIBUTION FALLS was fun, fast-paced, action-packed, brilliant stuff - and THE BLACK LUNG CAPTAIN is even better.