MECH BRIGADE
​‘The cockpit is a lonely place when it feels like your mech is your enemy…’
On his thirteenth birthday, Miles joins the war against alien Spinners. As a child soldier piloting a mech robot, he's humanity's last hope. But Miles is no ordinary recruit – he's the son of Professor Riley, the missing genius behind the mechs. Now, Miles must master a rogue mech called Ironclad, find his father and save the world. Some birthday.
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'A brilliantly imagined universe,' Jennifer Killick (author of Crater Lake and Dread Wood)
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OUT 5 JUNE 2025 with Walker Books
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SKYWAKE INVASION
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​An action-packed sci-fi adventure about aliens, videogames, and what it means to be a leader. Out now for readers 9+
Casey Henderson is obsessed with smash-hit videogame SKYWAKE. But little does she realise that her favourite game is actually an alien training tool created by the mysterious Red Eyes.
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​When the aliens gatecrash an eSports tournament in a London shopping centre, everyone thinks they've come to take over Earth.
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Only Casey realises the truth: the Red Eyes are abducting the world's best gamers to fight in a distant, intergalactic war... whether they want to go or not!
Photo: Walker Books
"First in a gripping and original sci-fi trilogy, pitched for fans of Rick Riordan and Suzanne Collins"
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- The Bookseller
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"If any book can get between kids and their screens, it's this one..."
- The i newspaper
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Shortlisted for: Shropshire Bookfest 2022, York Book Award 2022, Lewisham Book Award 2022. Selected as a 'Future Classic' for the BookTrust School Library Pack & Great Books Guide 2021
SKYWAKE ENDGAME
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​The finale to the SKYWAKE trilogy sees Casey and her friends return to Earth to find it overrun by Red Eyes.
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The invaders have taken over the planet, but a small band of plucky young resistance fighters is trying to fight back.
Can they stop them before it's too late?
Get ready for the explosive finale chapter in this sci-fi action series. Out 3 Aug 2023 for readers 9+
ABOUT JAMIE
When Jamie was five he saw a Space Invaders arcade machine in a greasy fish and chip shop at the seaside. It blew his mind and started a lifelong love of videogames.
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When he grew up, he became a film critic for the BBC and a contributing editor for Total Film magazine. He was sent to special movie screenings and fed free sandwiches. He thought it was the best job ever. But he was wrong…
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Later he wrote for videogame bible Edge magazine and realised that it was possible to get paid for shooting virtual aliens in the face with shotguns.
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These days he lives in Shropshire with his wife, two daughters, and a crazy rescue dog. When he's not writing, he campaigns about the climate and nature crisis. He still loves videogames, especially Overwatch where he plays as a Mercy main. It's taught him that healing people is more fun than shooting them.
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Ella Kahn at DKW Literary Agency (books)
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