Action packed young adult novel Orca Rising by Chris Hannon
16-year-old Ocean Daley needs to get away from school, his seaside town and wasting his summer working for his mother’s irritating boyfriend. When his mysterious Uncle Frank offers him a place at a summer school for a select group of gifted teens, he jumps at it.
But the school isn’t like any other, with classes in hacking, bike racing, psychological tricks and combat. Orca, the secretive organisation behind the school, needs fresh recruits…but for what? Ocean’s father co-founded Orca, and joining the organization feels like a way to honour his memory, as well as strengthen bonds with his strange uncle.
Orca demands each teenager push themselves beyond the possible and in return each student gets an impressive salary, international travel and exhilarating field missions — a double life. There is one catch. Joining Orca is a life-binding commitment to support their ‘noble' cause. For Ocean, it’s the challenge in life he’s been looking for.
Others might call it a trap.
About the Author
I met Roald Dahl when i was a shy, five year old at our village bookshop. Mum nudged me forward and i timidly offered a copy of The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me for him to sign, which he did. I remember a hunched man with wisps grey hair and a gruff air about him, almost like one of his own characters. I don't think i said a word to him i was so frightened! But his stories inspired me to first to love reading lose myself in fantastic stories, larger than life characters and new worlds.
When i discovered the similar, but just as thrilling buzz you could get from creating the stories -rather than consuming then - i knew i had to write. Many false starts led me to a Masters in Creative writing in 2013, then to self-publishing a novel (Perry Scrimshaw's Rite of Passage) in 2015. In 2016 i finished Orca Rising, a young adult book about a teenage boy who gets drawn into the murky world of spies. I picked up some professional representation on the strength of it and am delighted to see it published (paperback) on April 12th 2018.
So here's to the buzz, the thrill and maybe one day being the author who can sign a copy of his book and frighten some five year olds into writing!
Happy reading
Chris
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