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Once known as the western coast of the United States, the Republic is now a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors, the Colonies. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a military prodigy. Obedient, passionate, and committed to her country, she is being groomed for success in the Republic's highest circles. Born into the slums of the Republic's Lake Sector, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal.

The citizens of Earth live in constant fear of invasion. Ender is taken away to Battle School, where children are trained to be soldiers, where he does better than any student in history

Ben Maddox is the top reporter at Zephon TV. He breaks the news - and sometimes he makes it. When he's sent to find out what's really going on in Kutuliza, he finds himself face-to-face with slick politicians, guerrilla fighters and a young boy who is the hope of football and of his people. The situation is explosive - and Ben puts everything on the line.

Imm is thirteen. He has a twin brother and likes swimming, reading and running. He seems normal, but he's not. At least, not since the day courage came to call - the day the war began. Now Imm's world is in ruins, his family killed, his life torn away from him with such ferocity that it destroyed most of his city. War is ruthless, war is complicated, and it brings out the true colours of all who are dragged into it.

Fifteen-year-old alien hunter Daniel X is on a mission to finish the job that killed his parents - to wipe out the world's most bloodthirsty aliens on The List.

The Ocean Emerald is a floating luxury palace. A cruise ship carrying 1,000 wealthy passengers and a sitting target for terrorists. 14-year-old Luke Baron isn't supposed to be there in the first place. He only boards the Emerald to return a lost passport, hoping for a finder's fee and a glimpse of the ship., that was before the vessel was boarded by highly organised criminals.

A man-made secret location designed to host tests of classified experiments, Hell Island doesn't appear on any maps. But when all contact is lost with this mystery island, four crack special force units are brought in - can anything prepare them for the horror of what they will find there?

Matt Stribling is stuck spending another vacation with his brilliant, yet scatterbrained archaeologist father. When Matt arrives to find the place turned upside down and his father missing, he's not immediately worried. But a cryptic message and strange footprints quickly persuade Matt that all is not right.

Fifteen-year-old Dom Silvagni is cast out of his comfortable life in the Gold Coast's Halcyon Grove when he inherits an ancient family debt to a secret and powerful organisation. He has six Herculean tasks to perform, or he will lose a pound of flesh. The first task is to catch the Zolt.

Yukio's two best friends are dead. Tormented and blackmailed by the Yakuza - the Japanese mafia - they have taken their own lives. Yukio is a kendo champion and he knows all the stories of the samurai. Heartbroken and furious, he is determined to avenge the deaths of his beloved Hiroshi and Miko. And so begins a deadly struggle between Yukio and the Yakuza, and between Yukio's capacity for love, and his thirst for revenge.

Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things: She is not crazy; her mother was murdered; someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay. As certain as Grace is about these facts, nobody else believes her - so there's no one she can completely trust.