There is however a team testing some equipment in the Arctic, a team under the command of a Marine captain named Shane Schofield, call-sign: SCARECROW. When Skye Rodgers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this doesn't stop the young elite from partying without a care. From racist gangs in Berlin to gangsters in New York City, Nazis in the 1930s and Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, Hanna will encounter some of history's greatest minds and most terrible moments, all while desperately trying to stay alive.

It’s the year 1546. Suleiman the Magnificent, the mighty and dreaded Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sends an invitation to every king in Europe for a chess tournament. The New York State Library is a quiet hub of knowledge, full of endless towering bookcases that have been there for a century. Why did the Cobalt children not just immediately join forces? Still would've made for an epic story and considering how smart we're constantly told they are, why was this not a contingency plan already in place? The premise is fun. The pace is relentless. The action is brutal. The scale is heroic ... Cobalt Blue is an essential part of the Matthew Reilly literary canon. * Supanova * To survive, he will have to face and defeat unspoken horrors. Failure is not an option, for the fate of the world depends on it.Not just stupid, but actual terrible writing that I can’t believe got past the multiple steps of editing. Reilly graduated from St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point, Sydney before pursuing a Law degree at the University of New South Wales.

Following rejections from all the major publishers, Matthew self-published Contest in 1996, printing 1000 copies. He produced a big-budget-looking novel which he sold into bookshops throughout Sydney, one shop at a time. A prequel to his major new novel THE TOURNAMENT, this is an exclusive ebook short story from bestselling author Matthew Reilly. I blitzed through this book and I'm definitely keen to read more from this world of megalomaniac supes. It was dark, brutal and fast, and left me craving more. It’s obviously inspired by The Boys, Shazam, and a dash of Marvel (I mean, Russia’s secret weapon, America’s greatest hero?? AND A TOP SECRET SUPER EVIL GENIUS?? C’MON), but it was so cringe and flat that even if you’re not a fan of Marvel/DC, you’d think they’re masterpieces compared to this.Full of action, this is a super hero story with a twist. For 35 years, both the USA and Russia had their own superhero. Then, the American died. And it all went bad. In a land without any boundaries where anything goes, virtually every country would kill just to get the prize. The fact that hover car racer Jason Chaser survived the horrific and eyebrow raising crash in the Italian Run is nothing short of remarkable. Fury of Russia is a ridiculous villain - a resentful psychopath with no boundaries and a lifetime of anti-American indoctrination. Being insane is his job and hobby. He wants to storm America, crush its monuments, and murder its people, starting with Cobalt Blue’s super-offspring. Two weeks earlier, Cobalt informed Cassie that the psychopathic Fury wants to tear down everything America stands for, humiliate and kill its leaders, and something else she had warned Cassie about after a summit in Paris. Cobalt knows that no one will be able to stop Furin after she dies, even her children since they are only half as strong as him. However, she revealed to Cassie that he has the same weakness as herself; their muscles, bones and organs may be stronger than normal, but as her declining health has proven, their superhuman feats take a heavy toll. Cobalt then tried to encourage Cassie to consider being a hero like her siblings, and while Cassie has always disliked the idea of being idolised and in the spotlight, Cobalt believed her daughter has the right mix of brains, strength and foresight necessary to stop the Fury.