'Something from the menu?' she asked.
'No, thank you.' The boy held up a newspaper. He had scrawled a message on the front page: THE PASSENGER BEHIND ME HAS A GUN.
~
This is an action-packed short story in three parts from the author of THE CUT OUT...
But he looks exactly like someone who is: Troy Maschenov – a ruthless Besmari agent.
What starts as a case of mistaken identity quickly turns into a complicated and dangerous plan. Fero is recruited to fight for his country. He will have to impersonate Troy, enter enemy territory, find Dessa Cormanenko – a missing agent – and bring her home in time to prevent a devastating terror attack.
Fero is in way over his head. Hastily trained, loaded up with gadgets and smuggled across the border into Besmar, he discovers the truth about espionage.
Getting in is easy. Getting out alive is hard.
Praise for The Cut Out
"A breath-taking, heart-pounding thrill ride of twists and turns where nothing is as it seems, allegiances are tested, secrets unravel and there are blindsides and double-crosses galore." –Lily Oz, All The Written Worlds
"Learn this kid's name, read his books." –Michael Grant, internationally bestselling author of GONE
"The Cut Out is the best book Jack Heath has written so far. It is a fast-paced, relentless action adventure full of spies, secrets and double-crosses." –Sue Osborne, Library Monitor
The Cut Out was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award and was a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book. Learn more at jackheath.com.au/the-cut-out.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
The Fail Safe
Fero Dremovich has one goal – to escape from Kamau. He's surrounded by spies, and he can't pretend for much longer that he doesn't know. It's only a matter of time before one of his many enemies kills him.
His escape plan goes off the rails when he stumbles across the renegade spy Dessa Cormanenko. She wants his help to prevent a nuclear war.
If Fero joins her team of revolutionaries, he will probably die. If he stays in Kamau, he will probably die. If he escapes into Besmar, he will probably die.
Fero is running out of time to pick a side...
The Fail Safe will be published in August 2016. Learn more at jackheath.com.au/the-fail-safe.
About the author
Jack Heath is the pen name of an internationally bestselling author. He wrote The Cut Out, the Countdown To Danger series and fifteen other action-packed thrillers for young people, which have been shortlisted for multiple awards and published in several languages around the world.
In the course of his research he has trained with firearms, performed street magic, visited morgues and prisons, traveled through Russia and read only books by women for a year. When he's not touring schools, libraries and festivals around the world, he lives in Canberra.
