H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top-secret school of applied villainy where children with a precocious gift for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents into criminal mastermind. After all, 'villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes'. One small catch is that the children cannot leave until training is complete, six years later. With villainy comes a certain freedom of thought, and every year one student in particular will show exceptional talent - after all, it takes the best to produce the worst. This year there are two students: Otto Malpense and his new friend Wing Fanchu are both exceptionally bad, and they are definitely not keen on being held against their will for six long years . . .
H.I.V.E. Reeks
Deze serie volgt jonge protagonisten die onverwacht worden gerekruteerd voor een prestigieuze academie voor aanstaande schurken. Binnen het geheime hoofdkwartier van een duistere organisatie scherpen ze hun vaardigheden aan in misleiding, technologie en strategische planning. Al snel ontdekken deze getalenteerde jongeren dat hun inschrijving een levenslange verbintenis is, waarbij ontsnappen onmogelijk is. Samen moeten ze hun sluwheid en nieuw verworven vermogens gebruiken om uit het instituut te breken en de sinistere agenda ervan te dwarsbomen.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
The Overlord Protocol
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- 13 uur lezen
Still trapped at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, or H.I.V.E., evil-genius-in-training Otto Malpense is nearly assassinated and must now not only try to escape, but also find out who murdered his best friend--and save himself.
H.I.V.E. 3: Escape Velocity
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- 13 uur lezen
Pupils and staff at H.I.V.E. are horrified to discover that Dr Nero has been captured by the forces of H.O.P.E., the Hostile Operative Prosecution Executive, the world's newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force. Three months pass without any news of his fate, and Number One has decided to appoint a sinister new headmistress for the school, somebody that the pupils and staff had thought that they'd seen the last of. Meanwhile Otto is also struggling to cope with new abilities that are starting to manifest themselves; can he really be unconsciously interfacing with computers without physical contact? And if he is, what exactly do these new powers really mean? The only way to find Nero and the truth behind the lies is to escape H.I.V.E.. Otto must get out, and take the risks which come with being a rogue agent. Then he just has to break into MI6.
H.I.V.E. 4: Dreadnought
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- 11 uur lezen
A renegade faction of the world's most powerful villains is intent on destroying G.L.O.V.E. (Global League Of Villainous Enterprises) and showing the world the true face of evil. The Disciples begin by hijacking Diabolus Darkdoom's Airborne command post, then they kidnap his son and his son's best friend. Unfortunately for them, Nigel Darkdoom (and Franz) also happen to be Otto's friends. Heading out to America, Otto, Wing et al embark on a perilous and highly unauthorised rescue operation. Cut off from the support of H.I.V.E. and on the run from American security forces the hunt for their friends leads to one of the US military's most secret facilities. It becomes clear that the Disciples are not all they appear and in a desperate race against time Otto must work out who his real friends are to prevent the Disciples from completing their true objective. Only Otto can save the world from domination by a sinister new world order but it might be that the price he has to pay is just too high. When it comes to the crunch will he be prepared to sacrifice himself?
Overlord is on the brink of turning the world's population into zombie-like drones, forcing Nero to activate Zero Hour: the ultimate defence
H.I.V.E. 7: Aftershock
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- 10 uur lezen
A new era is beginning in the villainous world as civil war looms forcing Otto and his friends to take sides - perhaps against each other