The Deftest Deceit

The final installment of the Spud Compton trilogy brings a whole lot of action, adventure and terror!

Just when Spud thinks he's out of trouble, his life suddenly comes full circle.


Teamed up once again with his brother and the Benobi crew, he sets out to find his Senator father, who is being held hostage by a deadly foe for an impossible price: one terrifying X03.


Will it be a case of third time lucky for Spud? Or has he pushed his luck one too many times battling these bio-engineered killing machines?

About the author

Amanda is a two-time Scribe Award winner, a two-time Tin Duck Award winner, an Aurealis and Ditmar Awards finalist, and author of several novels and short stories. Her original fiction includes the sci-fi crime thriller - Salvation series (being developed for TV by Anonymous Content and Aquarius Films), best-selling space opera - Aurora series, and grounded sci-fi drama - The Time of the Stripes.Amanda's Media Tie-in fiction includes that written for Marvel's X-Men universe (novel, Sound of Light, short story Eye of the Storm), Black Library's Warhammer 40k universe (short story, Reconsecration), and Z-Man Games' Pandemic universe (novel, Pandemic: Patient Zero).

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Bridgeman
• Publisher: Amanda Bridgeman
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 05.07.2023
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy
• EAN: 9780645736328
• ISBN: 978-0-645-73632-8
• Pages: 146
• Dimensions (packing): 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 165 g
• Series: Spud Compton > 3