Book description
Tom Lee has always dreamed of going to sea, just like his father. So
when he's invited to join Captain Lee's crew aboard the
Serota Star
to sail from Singapore to Penang, it promises to be the trip of a
lifetime. But Tom hadn't reckoned on the murderous pirates that follow
them down the Malacca Straits. Vicious crews terrorize these waters,
using radars and tracking technology to pinpoint and prey on valuable
cargo-carriers. And when a Triad gang discovers what the Serota Star
is carrying, the order goes out to seize the ship at all costs. Tom is
thrust into a terrifying world where the pirate leader, the sinister
Dragon Lady, has the power of life and death over him. With his father's
life ind anger, and ruthless pirates cracking the whip, Tom will need to
rely on his new friends, and his knowledge of the sea, in order to make
a brave escape ... Geoffrey Malone spent most of his childhood in
Africa, where he managed to avoid any formal education until the age of
eleven. After school in England, he joined the army for sixteen years,
then worked and travelled in North America. He became a broadcaster and
wrote his first book about his nearest neighbours, a family of beavers:
'Brunner'. He lives happily in London with his wife and their cocker
spaniel, Harriett, and advises charities dedicated to the preservation
of endangered species. He has won the Children's Book of the Year prize
in the French 'Tam-Tam, j'aime lire' competition, and the 'Prix
Enfant-Grandparent Europeen' for 'Torn Ear'. He was also recently
shortlisted for the Stockton Award for 'Elephant Ben'.
