Book description
Thirteen-year-old Ben Tracey is looking forward to spending the
summer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his father has been
hired to examine the valuable mineral Coltan that's being mined there.
They soon realise that the people living in the village near the mine
are frightened and it doesn't take long for Ben and his father to
discover why: behind the door of every hut there is at least one
person dying or seriously ill, and no one seems to be doing anything
to help.
As Ben's father falls ill, it's up to Ben and his new friend from
the village, Halima, to try and tell the government what's going on so
the village can be isolated before the sickness spreads further. Will
they be able to prevent disaster?
Chris Ryan joined the SAS in 1984. During the Gulf War, Chris was
the only member of an eight-man team to escape from Iraq. Three of his
colleagues were killed and four captured. It was the longest escape
and evasion in the history of the SAS. For this he was awarded the
Military Medal.
He is a bestselling author of thriller titles for adults and his
first series for younger readers, ALPHA FORCE, has also proven very
successful. He appears regularly on TV with series such as HUNTING
CHRIS RYAN, PUSHED TO THE LIMIT, TERROR ALERT and HOW NOT TO DIE
