The phenomenally successful Jack Higgins teams up with Justin Richards for another sure fire bestseller for children. A mafia banker wants to defect and give evidence against his former bosses, and John Chance's boss Ardman is handling the exchange. But when the criminals realise they might be able to exert influence on Chance by getting at his children, Rich and Jade, the twins find themselves in the firing line. With a kidnapping in Venice and a shoot-out at a private school in England, this sequel to SURE FIRE will have both young and old Jack Higgins fans hooked.

The phenomenally successful Jack Higgins teams up with Justin Richards to launch a sure fire best seller for children. The mother of fourteen-year-old twins Rich and Jade dies in a car crash and they are told they must go and live with their estranged father, who they have never met before. Neither the children nor their father get on, but when Rich and Jade witness him being kidnapped they are drawn into a dangerous crisis that could engulf not just their family but the whole world...

Jack Higgins, master of the modern thriller, teams up with Justin Richards, bestselling author of Dr Who, to deliver a pulse-pounding new instalment in the adventures of the teenage Chance twins... Barely have Rich and Jade Chance walked away from their terrifying ordeal in the Middle East, when they stumble into another nightmare. And this time, it's at the heart of the free world... As their father deals with missing nuclear missiles in China, the twins are finally enjoying their all-expenses paid trip to the White House. But the enjoyment isn't going to last long. Soon, the President they saved from assassination in Sharp Shot is targeted again. Now Rich and Jade face a shocking siege and a battle to prevent World War III - all from the comfort of home. The President's home...

Die derde boek in die reeks oor Agent Alex se avonture by Spioenkop Akademie. Die verfoeilike POEV-organisasie het 'n geheime basis onder die visdam by Alex se skool ingerig en bied nou kammakastig visvanglesse aan om inligting te versamel! Alex en sy vriende ruik sommer dadelik rot (of eerder: vis!) - maar kan hulle 'n plan beraam om POEV se geheime sending in die wiele te ry?!

Alex en sy vriende is hard aan die leer vir hulle SAK-eksamen – want om die Spesiale Agente-Kursus te slaag is nie speletjies nie! Maar wanneer die vraestelle uitgedeel word, is daar duidelik 'n skroef los: Elke leerling kry 'n kompetisie-inskrywing waarmee 'n pragtige stel potte en panne gewen kan word! Is dit regtig net 'n poskantoor-glips... of is dit POEV (die Pioniers van Onderduimsheid en Vernietiging) se werk? Kan Alex en sy vriende die geheim agter die poskantoor-petalje oplos? Spioenkop Akademie is 'n eksklusiewe skool vir seuns en meisies van ouderdomme 8 tot 18. Al die leerders in hierdie skool se ouers of voogde is op 'n manier betrokke by die Geheime Diens. Spioene en geheime agente stuur graag hul kinders na Spioenkop Akademie, want hulle weet die kinders is hier veilig teen enige bedreiging. As die Geheime Diens hulp nodig het van die jongelinge vir een van hul geheime sendings of as een van die skorriemorries van daardie verfoeilike organisasie, die Pioniers van Onderduimsheid en Vernietiging (POEV), probeer om die skool oor te neem of een van die onderwysers ontvoer, sal die leerders gereed wees.

Jack Higgins, master of the modern thriller, teams up with Justin Richards, bestselling author of Dr Who, to deliver a pulse-pounding new instalment in the adventures of the teenage Chance twins... This third gripping novel about the adventures of teenage twins Rich and Jade Chance takes the action and adventure to a new calibre - then pulls the trigger... With their secret agent dad in trouble, Jade and Rich are flung into a headlong series of chases, fights and captures that leads them to the arid deserts of the Middle East. There, the pair come up against terrifying new villains and surprising allies as an assassination attempt threatens international relations and a buried secret of the first Gulf War comes explosively to light...

A hilarious new series for younger readers, following the misadventures of an ordinary boy at an extraordinary school for young spies

Jake's dad is head of the Secret Service. Alice's dad is a double agent. Harry's dad has infiltrated SPUD the Secret Partners for Undertaking Destruction. And Alfie's dad is a postman.

Thunder Raker Manor is a very exclusive school. All the pupils are there because their parents or guardians are agents and spies.

All except one.

Because eight-year-old Alfie's dad isn't anything to do with the secret services. He's the local postman who just reckoned that Thunder Raker Manor was a great school. So when the Head Teacher receives a letter from the Prime Minister saying that Alfie has been given a special place and will start immediately, he isn't to know that Alfie's dad wrote it and slipped it in with the 'special' post

Now Alfie has to get to grips with Thunder Raker s unusual curriculum and some even stranger new friends. He s got classes in camouflage (if anyone can ever find Mr Trick) and Assassination (only kids keep going missing from Miss Fortune s class). And he s now in permanent danger from SPUD agents. But to his surprise, Alfie finds that he might just be quite good at this spying game "

A hilarious new series for younger readers, following the misadventures of an ordinary boy at an extraordinary school for young spies... SPUD has set up a secret base under the school pond and is using radio-controlled duck-cameras to gather information. But the chief SPUD agent has made the mistake of having his weekly edition of SPUD's Nasty Newsletter redirected to his new base - by Alfie's dad, the local postman! It doesn't take long for the gang to work out what SPUD are up to. Can Alfie and his friends find a way of turning the SPUD infiltration to their advantage? Of course they can - and soon the school is teaching the pupils using even more bizarre methods than usual, all for SPUD's benefit. Will the evil organisation really believe in assassination by daffodil? Or that trained hamsters are used to infiltrate their bases? Of course they will...

The worlds of classic and new Doctor Who combine, as one of the favourite associates of the Eleventh and Twelfth Doctor - the Sontaran Strax - encounters Jago & Litefoot - the Victorian friends of the Fourth Doctor: Strax, the Sontaran butler to Victorian investigator Vastra and her wife Jenny, suffers a disorienting attack and mistakes the two Victorian investigators Jago & Litefoot for Jenny and Vastra and moves into Litefoot's home. Together, they are on the trail of a creature that is stealing brains, which may or may not be linked to a haunted house in London...This is a special release in Big Finish's incredibly popular audio spin-off series of two Doctor Who characters first encountered in hit story The Talons of Weng-Chiang in 1977. In a special arrangement with the BBC Jago & Litefoot are encountering the Sontaran Strax from the new Doctor Who series. Dan Starkey - the actor who plays Strax - was on the winning team of last year's Celebrity University Challenge! Actor Christopher Benjamin is a widely known face on British TV, appearing in everything from The Avengers to Inspector Morse, Poldark to Midsomer Murders and writer Justin Richards is the creator of The Invisible Detective series of children's novels.CAST: Christopher Benjamin (Henry Gordon Jago), Trevor Baxter (Professor George Litefoot), Dan Starkey (Strax), Lisa Bowerman (Ellie), Conrad Asquith (Inspector Quick), Stephen Critchlow (Marvo) and Carolyn Seymour (Mrs Multravers).

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with this fantastic story featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Tiger is keen to explore the new dimension, but his enthusiasm quickly turns to fear when he is kidnapped by some scary, thorny creatures the thistlers. Max, Cat and Ant set out to rescue Tiger and help their new friend Malenki. Will they make it out of the woods alive? Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a follow-up activity.

Blast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The Excelsa is running low on holotanium. Without it, the micro-friends might not make it back to Earth. They take a detour to Planet Ashriss to try and find some more. On landing, Tiger's watch malfunctions and he ends up growing to giant size! Max, Cat and Ant meet some insect-like Ashrians, who tell the children that their holotanium source has been blocked. Giant Tiger manages to fix the problem ... but is then captured by Badlaw and his Krools. Together, the Ashrians and the children have to face Badlaw and carry out a daring rescue attempt. This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and give a follow-up activity to support children in their reading and comprehension skills.

We are all stories, in the end . . . A stunning illustrated collection of fifteen dark and ancient fairy tales from the world of Doctor Who. These captivating stories include mysterious myths and legends about heroes and monsters of all kinds, from every corner of the universe. Originally told to young Time Lords at bedtime, these twisted tales are an enchanting read for Doctor Who fans of all ages. Written by Justin Richards and illustrated by David Wardle.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 1 copy of each of the following titles: The Way Between Worlds, The Hidden Fortress, The Cyber Patrol, The Path Through the Woods, The Contestants, The Last Stand, Reign of the Practari, The Rip in the Wardrobe. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice for supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

Blast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with these 12 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 1 copy of each of the following 12 titles at Grey Book Band: Badlaws Revenge, The Rats of Rolia, Trapped in Time, Double Cross, The Rust Monster, Pit-stop Peril, The Red Cutlass, Cyberbee Break Out, Operation Holotanium, An Ancient Enemy, The Fury of Vogossr, and The Waythroo Wormhole. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers that highlight challenge words and prompt questions, and offer a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading and comprehension skills.

This range of two-part audio dramas stars Tom Baker reprising his most popular role as the Fourth Doctor (from 1974 - 1981) with a number of his original TV companions. Cut off from the TARDIS, the Doctor and Leela find themselves stranded on a small island. But they are not alone. It is 1907, and members of the Caversham Society have gathered on the hundredth anniversary of the death of Mannering Caversham, the greatest Magic Lanternist who ever lived. But Caversham was also a supernaturalist who claimed to have conjured up a demon from the depths of hell. As people start to die, the Doctor begins to wonder if Caversham's story might have more than a grain of truth in it. Can the Doctor and Leela discover what really happened to Caversham a century ago? And if they do, will they live to tell the tale...? The fourth series in a Big Finish range which is hugely popular with fans of the classic TV series Doctor Who. Writer Justin Richards has not only written Big Finish scripts and BBC novels, but is the writer behind The Invisible Detective children's books. As well as Doctor Who, Louise Jameson has been seen in Bergerac, Eastenders, and many other UK shows. Cast: Tom Baker (The Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela), Mark Lewis Jones (Professor Oliver Mortlake), Julian Wadham (Joseph Holman), Sinead Keenan (Mary Summersby), Rory Keenan (David Lacey).

Project X CODE Extra introduces more exciting adventure stories and stimulating non-fiction texts into the Project X CODE series. This pack contains 1 copy of each of the following titles: The Feast, The Jousting Handbook, T-rex Trouble, Dino Detectives. In line with the phonic, vocabulary and comprehension progression in Project X CODE, these books are ideal for additional practice outside of the core intervention sessions, for introducing children to non-fiction texts, and for children who simply want to read more of the CODE adventure!

Project X CODE Extra introduces more exciting adventure stories and stimulating non-fiction texts into the Project X CODE series. In this adventure in the Castle Kingdom zone, Team X and Mini find themselves in the middle of a feast with the Knight-BITE! Who will win? In line with the phonic, vocabulary and comprehension progression in Project X CODE, this book is ideal for additional practice outside of the core intervention sessions and for children who simply want to read more of the CODE adventure!

For twins Rich and Jade, their lives have just been turned upside down. When their mother is tragically killed in a car crash, their long-lost father, John Chance, appears to collect them at the funeral. He's a bachelor who lives on his own, and it's clear that Rich and Jade aren't welcome. But when Chance suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade uncover the truth: He's a spy. And now, whoever kidnapped their father is after them, too. Sure Fire is a gripping adventure from the master of the modern thriller.

Project X Alien Adventures takes you on an incredible reading journey with these 8 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 6 of each of the following titles: The Way Between Worlds, The Hidden Fortress, The Cyber Patrol, The Path Through the Woods, The Contestants, The Last Stand, Reign of the Practari, The Rip in the Wardrobe. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers with advice on supporting older children with their reading, questions for readers, and a range of follow-up activities to help children develop their higher level comprehension and writing skills.

Colin Baker reads this original adventure featuring the Sixth Doctor, set in the First World War. "You've seen what happens, Mark. You know what time can do if it's damaged." "One of the best, if not the best original Doctor Who audio story from BBC Audio and its predecessors - highly recommended." scifibulletin.com Travelling alone for once, the Sixth Doctor elects to return to Earth, and the First World War. There he must solve, once and for all, a mystery he unearthed in earlier incarnations. Someone has been interfering to alter the course of the war - but to what end? With Captain Mark Steadman and Nurse Annie Grantham, the Doctor travels to a forest in Germany, on a cold morning in November. At the heart of the forest is a massive temporal disturbance, and there he will rendezvous with whoever is behind significant changes to the accepted history of the Great War. But the forces of Time bring other entities to the meeting place: terrifying, corporeal ghosts of soldiers from many centuries of battle. If the Doctor, Mark and Annie are to escape with their lives - and return history to it proper course - they will need help from unexpected quarters. Colin Baker, the Sixth Doctor in the BBC TV series, reads this dramatic and emotive new story by Justin Richards. Duration: 1 hour 15 mins approx.

Blast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with these 12 fantastic stories featuring the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, these books are ideal for independent reading. This pack contains 6 of each of the following 12 titles at Grey Book Band: Badlaws Revenge, The Rats of Rolia, Trapped in Time, Double Cross, The Rust Monster, Pit-stop Peril, The Red Cutlass, Cyberbee Break Out, Operation Holotanium, An Ancient Enemy, The Fury of Vogossr, and The Waythroo Wormhole. Each book contains notes on the inside front and back covers that highlight challenge words and prompt questions, and offer a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading and comprehension skills.

Peter Purves reads this original adventure featuring the First Doctor, Steven and Sara, set in the First World War. "The Battle of the Somme is the pivotal moment of this conflict... History hinges on it!" It's the start of August 1916, and war is raging on the battlefields of France. In the front line trenches, British soldiers are vanishing without trace. Captain Mark Steadman witnesses one of his comrades being pulled down beneath the mud, and realises that something is terribly wrong. When three civilians and a large blue box arrive on the scene, Steadman finds himself helping in their enquiries. The Doctor declares that something has gone wrong with the timeline of the War; the Battle of the Somme should have already begun, yet there is no sign of it. He demands an audience with Field Marshall Haig! A crater in no-man's land reveals the grisly horror of the missing men's fate, and brings the Doctor and his friends into terrible danger. There are forces at work here which even he can't fully comprehend. Peter Purves, who played Steven in the BBC TV series, reads this powerful new story by Justin Richards.

'They like the shadows. You know them as Plague Warriors...' When the Doctor arrives in the 19th-century village of Klimtenburg, he discovers the residents suffering from some kind of plague - a 'wasting disease'. The victims face a horrible death - but what's worse, the dead seem to be leaving their graves. The Plague Warriors have returned... The Doctor is confident he knows what's really happening; he understands where the dead go, and he's sure the Plague Warriors are just a myth. But as some of the Doctor's oldest and most terrible enemies start to awaken he realises that maybe - just maybe - he's misjudged the situation. Read by David Warner, who played Professor Grisenko in the Doctor Who episode Cold War, with Nicholas Briggs as the Cybermen. 6 CDs. 5 hrs 32 mins.

The action-packed companion to Sure Fire from "New York Times" bestselling author Jack Higgins

Twins Rich and Jade Chance are on vacation with their father, master spy John Chance?or so they think. The British government actually sent their father to keep tabs on a Swiss banker who is trying to escape from the Tiger, a ruthless criminal. But the banker is captured and taken to a remote Scottish castle?along with Rich Now it's up to Jade and her father to rescue them. Will they be able to stop the Tiger before Rich's time runs out?