Invasion - SkyWake

An exciting and original debut sci-fi adventure trilogy for the gaming generation, from a screenwriter, film critic and gamer.Fifteen-year-old girl gamer Casey Henderson is obsessed with smash-hit game SkyWake - and she's good at it, too. Little does she realize it's actually an alien training tool created by an evil extra-terrestrial race. When the aliens swoop down on a national gaming tournament, Casey and her teammates discover they're abducting the best gamers to fight in a distant alien war across the galaxy. And they've got her brother. Casey's gaming skills are her best hope of stopping the aliens - but first she and her online teammates must learn to work together in real life...

About the author

Jamie Russell is a former contributing editor of Total Film magazine turned screenwriter and author. He has written several non-fiction books for adults, including Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema and Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood. He is also the author of a pacy and immersive gaming trilogy for middle-grade readers: SkyWake Invasion, SkyWake Battlefield and SkyWake Endgame. Jamie is based in Shrewsbury.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Russell, Russell Jamie
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781406397512
• ISBN: 978-1-4063-9751-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 17 mm
• Series: SkyWake
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE FICTION / Science Fiction / General