STORM: The Infinity Code
In just a few days Will Knight lost everyone he cared about and his world is falling apart. Then he’s invited to join secret organization STORM. He doesn’t know anything about them, but they know all about him – particularly his talent for inventing gadgets.
STORM is the brainchild of fourteen-year-old software millionaire Andrew. Other members are Caspian Baraban, a brilliant astrophysicist with an immense ego, and Gaia, a chemistry genius who loves blowing things up. But when Caspian’s father is abducted, evidence suggests he and Caspian have created a world-threatening weapon. Will leads STORM in pursuit from Paris to St Petersburg and finally face to face with a psychopath. Armed with three brilliant brains, iron courage and a remote-controlled rat, can STORM face down the enemy and can Will face the uncomfortable family secrets that their actions uncover?
(Macmillan, January, 2007. Click on cover image for more info. Buy here.)
STORM are . . . Will Knight: 14. Inventive genius. Creates cutting-edge gadgets. Andrew Minkel: 14. Software millionaire. Founder of STORM. Gaia: 14. Brilliant chemist with a habit of blowing stuff up. Two high profile burglaries have hit the headlines in Venice. CCTV footage shows a strange spectral form at the crime scenes and the thefts are soon dubbed the work of Il Fantasma – The Ghost. STORM – called to investigate – suspect that the Ghost is part of a larger, more sinister plan – involving a secret cult, quantum computers, and a plot to plunge the world into chaos . . . Armed with brilliant brains, high-speed boats and a mass of mind-boggling gadgets can STORM find the mind behind the mayhem – the unknown Ghostmaster?
(Macmillan, August 2007. Click on cover image for more info. Buy here.)
Six scientists were working on Project FIREball. Now five are dead and one is missing. Carrying plans for a world-changing technology he is wanted by MI6, the CIA and an unidentified killer. But what was the ill-fated project? Who wanted the scientists dead? And where is David Wickett now? S. T. O. R. M. head to the Swiss Alps to join the high-stakes manhunt on their most dangerous mission yet.
(Macmillan, January 2008. Click on cover image for more info. Buy here.)
STORM: The Viper Club
The boss of the Shanghai criminal underworld has issued a deadly challenge to the members of his Viper Club – to create three undetectable methods of murder. At stake is a $100 million dollar prize . . . and the lives of three innocent people. S. T. O. R. M. are in Sydney when they uncover these sinister plans – and so is one of the killers. Who lives, and who dies is all a question of timing . . .
Fast paced, gadget-packed action – perfect for adrenaline junkies
(Macmillan, August 2008. Click on cover image for more info. Buy here.)
STORM: The Death Web
A scorned movie director is taking his dastardly revenge – on those who panned his latest film, and on the world! When S.T.O.R.M. take a trip to Palm Springs, they discover that Benedict Belvoir’s retreat for sick kids is not what it seems – and the mind-boggling truth is more sinister than any movie . . . .
Fast paced, gadget-packed action – perfect for adrenaline junkies!
(Macmillan, February 2009. Click on cover image for more info. Buy here.)