Tripwire

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A brand-new explosive new series by Steve Cole and Chris Hunter. This is Boy Soldier meets Alex Rider meets Cherub, it is exciting, authentic and adrenalin-fuelled. Each action-packed book is a ticking bomb . . . Got you. The sight of the bomb hit Felix like a punch in the guts. Just twelve minutes remaining on the clock . . . He was going to have to move fast. Following a devastating terrorist bomb attack on Heathrow airport, Felix Smith is determined to avenge his father's death. He successfully becomes a member of the Minos Chapter, a secret service full of gifted under-age recruits. His speciality - Bomb Disposal. Felix and his fellow recruits are now the ultimate spooks - trained to fight terror with terror. The timer is ticking . . . .

Steve Cole (Author) Steve Cole is an editor and children's author whose sales exceed three million copies. His hugely successful Astrosaurs young fiction series has been a UK top-ten children's bestseller. His several original Doctor Who novels have also been bestsellers. Chris Hunter (Author) Chris Hunter joined the British Army in 1989 at sixteen. He was commissioned from Sandhurst at twenty-one and later qualified as a counter terrorist bomb disposal operator. He served with a number of specialist counter terrorism units and during his career deployed to numerous operational theatres, including the Balkans, Northern Ireland, Colombia, Afghanistan and Iraq. For his actions during his Iraq tour he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

The plot and the writing are both smart and pacy with a goodly few red herrings to stir up the mix a bit. But the stand-out parts of Tripwire are the scenes when Felix defuses explosives. It's utterly chilling, edge-of-the-seat stuff * The Bookbag * The plot and the writing are both smart and pacy with a goodly few red herrings to stir up the mix a bit . . . Utterly chilling, edge-of-the-seat stuff -- Jill Murphy * The Bookbag * This is a terrific page turner of a novel. . . . A new, very readable series and probably one worth getting your reluctant readers hooked on * writeaway.org.uk * A gripping, action packed adventure, with never a dull moment and a shooting and/or fight and/or bomb disposal on seemingly every page * MyChild.co.uk * This book is nail-biting throughout, but the ending is totally brilliant -- Cara Anderson * Teen Titles *