WHILE trying to keep up with his school studies and ensuring his football team stays top of the league, it s Johnny Mackintosh s job to safeguard planet Earth. When invaders explode a nearby star, Johnny must act to protect the sun. He and his sister Clar
WHILE trying to keep up with his school studies and ensuring his football team stays top of the league, it's Johnny Mackintosh's job to safeguard planet Earth.
When invaders explode a nearby star, Johnny must act to protect the sun.
He and his sister Clara prepare to travel in their spaceship, the Spirit of London, to the galactic capital for help, but their mission is stalled when they discover that their mysterious elder brother Nicky is on the side of the invaders.
He has been missing for a decade, what has he been up to all that time?
So begins an epic adventure across space involving killer clones, a spy trial and devious alien twins.
Johnny Mackintosh Star Blaze (�6.99, Quercus) is the second adventure for our young hero.
Written by Keith Mansfield, it is aimed at the over-nines and can be enjoyed by adult sci-fi fans as well as younger readers.
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