The first book in an action-packed adventure series for kids from thriller writer, Sean Black. Twelve-year-old Extolziby lives with his family of lovable rogues, the Gruffs, on a crime ridden housing scheme in Scotland. When he is almost killed in a car accident, he finds himself transported to a secret Oxford college where regular kids are turned into super-human beings using the very latest technology.

For fans of David Baldacci, Lee Child, Barry Eisler, and James Patterson's Alex Cross series. "The California State Prison at Pelican Bay holds three and a half thousand of America's most violent criminals. Three thousand, four hundred and ninety nine of them want the remaining inmate dead. Your job is to keep him alive until he testifies..." ONE PRISONER Elite bodyguard Ryan Lock has become a convicted felon, sentenced to twenty years in Pelican Bay, California's notorious Supermax prison. Or at least that's what the United States Justice Department wants everyone to believe. ONE BODYGUARD In reality, he's there to protect one man. Frank 'Reaper' Hays, a founding member of the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood, is about to give evidence against members of his own gang for the brutal slaying of an undercover ATF agent and his family. And just to make an already difficult job next to impossible, Reaper refuses to go into protective custody. ONE WEEK TO STAY ALIVE In a world dominated by violent men, where alliances are constantly shifting and no one can be trusted, Lock knows that he faces the toughest assignment of his career - just to stay alive...

For fans of David Baldacci, Lee Child, Barry Eisler, and James Patterson's Alex Cross series. THE CITY OF ANGELS HAS A STALKER Adult movie actress Raven Lane is one of the most lusted after women in America, with millions of fans to prove it. But when a headless corpse turns up in the trunk of her car, she realizes that fame carries a terrible price. Fearing for her life, and with the LAPD seemingly unable to protect her, Raven turns to elite bodyguard Ryan Lock for help. Lock stops bad things happening to good people, but can he stop the tidal wave of violence now threatening Los Angeles as Raven's stalker targets - and kills - those closest to her? As events spiral out of control, Lock is drawn into a dangerous world where money rules, sex is a commodity to be bought and sold, and no one can be trusted, least of all his beautiful new client...

When college basketball coach Malik Shaw goes missing after a family tragedy, it looks like just another retired athlete gone off the rails. But Malik's childhood friend, private security specialist Ty Johnson, quickly begins to suspect that there is more to it. Chasing the truth, Ty and his business partner, Ryan Lock, begin to uncover a sinister conspiracy of silence in a sleepy Minnesota college town.

The brand new thriller from the author of the internationally bestselling Ryan Lock series. "Brilliant, haunting...this is superb story-telling." "I didn't want to stop reading. I was actually pretty sad to get to the end and couldn't believe how amazing I thought this book was." Best Books to Read "Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben." New York Times Bestseller, Joseph Finder. "Black's star just keeps on rising." Evening Telegraph "Leaner and meaner with every book." New York Times Bestseller, Meg Gardiner THE WAR IS COMING HOME Exhausted by years of combat, and haunted by the ghosts of his past, nothing is going to stop special forces veteran Byron Tibor returning home to the woman he loves. From the blood-soaked mountains of the Hindu Kush to the glittering lights of Manhattan, via the dark underbelly of the Las Vegas Strip, POST is the story of one man's struggle to retain his humanity - before it's too late.

The brand new thriller from the author of the internationally bestselling Ryan Lock series. THE WAR IS COMING HOME Exhausted by years of combat, and haunted by the ghosts of his past, nothing is going to stop special forces veteran Byron Tibor returning home to the woman he loves. From the blood-soaked mountains of the Hindu Kush to the glittering lights of Manhattan, via the dark underbelly of the Las Vegas Strip, POST is the story of one man's struggle to retain his humanity - before it's too late. "Brilliant, haunting...this is superb storytelling." "I didn't want to stop reading. I was actually pretty sad to get to the end and couldn't believe how amazing I thought this book was." Best Books to Read "Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben." New York Times Bestseller, Joseph Finder. "Black's star just keeps on rising." Evening Telegraph

The brand new thriller from the author of the internationally bestselling Ryan Lock series. THE WAR IS COMING HOME Exhausted by years of combat, and haunted by the ghosts of his past, nothing is going to stop special forces veteran Byron Tibor returning home to the woman he loves. From the blood-soaked mountains of the Hindu Kush to the glittering lights of Manhattan, via the dark underbelly of the Las Vegas Strip, POST is the story of one man's struggle to retain his humanity - before it's too late. "Brilliant, haunting...this is superb storytelling." "I didn't want to stop reading. I was actually pretty sad to get to the end and couldn't believe how amazing I thought this book was." Best Books to Read "Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben." New York Times Bestseller, Joseph Finder. "Black's star just keeps on rising." Evening Telegraph

Twelve-year-old Extolziby lives with his family of lovable rogues, the Gruffs, on a crime ridden housing scheme in Scotland. When he is almost killed in a car accident, he finds himself transported to a secret Oxford college where regular kids are turned into super-human beings using the very latest technology. A funny, action-packed adventure set amongst the dreaming spires of the world's most famous university, Extolziby Gruff is the first in a series of children's books from thriller writer, Sean Black.