H.I.V.E. : Deadlock

Otto must rescue the surviving Alpha students from a fate worse than death, as suspense reaches fever pitch in the new, fabulously filmic and action-packed HIVE adventure

Otto and Raven are desperate to rescue their friends from the clutches of Anastasia Furan, head of the evil Disciples organisation. First they must track down the location of the Glasshouse, the prison where Furan trains children to become ruthless assassins. But Otto is also being hunted. The past three months that Otto has spent away from HIVE have given the Artemis Section an opportunity to locate him.

The Artemis Section is an elite division of the American intelligence services that specialises in capturing the toughest targets. They report only to the President. Book eight, will take HIVE in a new direction, with central characters forced to question everything that Nero has taught them and confront the consequences of life as a villain, set against the backdrop of a daring high-tech prison break where nothing is quite as it seems.

About the Author

Mark Walden's first book, H.I.V.E., won Richard and Judy's 'Best Kids' Books Ever' 9+ category. Paramount has optioned the film rights, and it was chosen as one of ten titles for Booktrust's first Booked Up scheme. Mark has followed this success with five further titles in the extraordinarily brilliant H.I.V.E. series and as a WBD thor for 2009. He lives with his family in Hampshire.