H.I.V.E Books set action-packed romp that is sure to run off young readers bound. The H.I.V.E 6 books embraces by Mark Walden imagination series.
- Titles
- Zero Hour
- The Overlord Protocol
- Higher Institute of Villainous Education
- Escape Velocity
- Dreadnought
- Rogue
Description
Zero Hour
Overlord
is reborn, and has developed the chilling ability to move from body to
body, erasing the host’s personality and ultimately killing them,
forcing him to hop from victim to victim. He must find Otto, the only
host designed to contain him, and for that he needs the location of
H.I.V.E. He also plans to take control of a secret US Army facility that
is home to the Autonomous Weapon Programme, a computer-controlled
system uniquely vulnerable to his control. Nero is forced to activate
Zero Hour, a plan designed to deal with any member of G.L.O.V.E. on the
brink of true global domination. Nero also knows that Otto must not be
allowed to fall into Overlord’s hands, and a desperate race across the
globe begins. The stage is set for a final battle with Overlord. Little
do they know that he has a final weapon in his arsenal, on a scale
unlike anything they have ever seen before.
The Overlord Protocol
Otto
and Wing have special permission to leave H.I.V.E.’s secret island
location to attend a funeral (all too common in their line of business).
But before they reach their destination they are ambushed. Who would
risk assassinating Otto Malpense, star pupil of the Higher Institute of
Villainous Education and favourite of Number One, the most powerful
villain alive? A new power is rising to challenge Number One’s
authority, and they need H.I.V.E. and its powerful computer to do so.
Otto thought the only thing he wanted was to escape from H.I.V.E., but
now he’s desperately trying to save it, and himself.
Higher Institute of Villainous Education
H.I.V.E.
(Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top-secret school of
applied villainy where children with a precocious gift for wrongdoing
are sent to develop their talents into criminal mastermind. After all,
‘villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes’. One small
catch is that the children cannot leave until training is complete, six
years later. With villainy comes a certain freedom of thought, and every
year one student in particular will show exceptional talent – after
all, it takes the best to produce the worst. This year there are two
students: Otto Malpense and his new friend Wing Fanchu are both
exceptionally bad, and they are definitely not keen on being held
against their will for six long years…
Escape Velocity
Pupils
and staff at HIVE are horrified to discover that Dr Nero has been
captured by the forces of HOPE, the Hostile Operative Prosecution
Executive, the world’s newest and most ruthlessly efficient security
force. Three months pass without any news of his fate, and Number One
has decided to appoint a sinister new headmistress for the school,
somebody that the pupils and staff had thought that they’d seen the last
of. Meanwhile Otto is also struggling to cope with new abilities that
are starting to manifest themselves; can he really be unconsciously
interfacing with computers without physical contact? And if he is, what
exactly do these new powers really mean? The only way to find Nero and
the truth behind the lies is to escape HIVE. Otto must get out, and take
the risks which come with being a rogue agent. Then he just has to
break into MI6.
Dreadnought
A
renegade faction of the world’s most powerful villains is intent on
destroying G.L.O.V.E. (Global League Of Villainous Enterprises) and
showing the world the true face of evil. The Disciples begin by
hijacking Diabolus Darkdoom’s Airborne command post, then they kidnap
his son and his son’s best friend. Unfortunately for them, Nigel
Darkdoom (and Franz) also happen to be Otto’s friends. Heading out to
America, Otto, Wing et al embark on a perilous and highly unauthorised
rescue operation. Cut off from the support of H.I.V.E. and on the run
from American security forces the hunt for their friends leads to one of
the US military’s most secret facilities. It becomes clear that the
Disciples are not all they appear and in a desperate race against time
Otto must work out who his real friends are to prevent the Disciples
from completing their true objective. Only Otto can save the world from
domination by a sinister new world order but it might be that the price
he has to pay is just too high. When it comes to the crunch will he be
prepared to sacrifice himself?
Rogue
The
leaders of the world’s villainous forces are being picked off one by
one in a series of mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take
temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus Darkdoom is seriously
injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now been missing for
several months since Dreadnought, is leading the attacks. Under pressure
from the remaining members of the ruling council, Nero is left with no
choice but to issue a capture or kill order for Otto. Wing learns of the
order and persuades Raven to allow him to join her on her mission to
retrieve Otto. Other members of the ruling council, suspicious of Nero’s
relationship with the boy, have initiated their own missions to
eliminate Otto. Wing and Raven find themselves in a deadly race against
time to track Otto down before the other G.L.O.V.E. assassins get to
him. Their pursuit takes them to a secret facility hidden deep within
the Amazon rainforest, where they face a mysterious operative even
deadlier than Raven. Meanwhile back at H.I.V.E., the school’s own
automated defence systems turn against the pupils and staff. And there
is no one there to stop it.
