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Dreadnought follows Otto, Wing and their classmates from the secretive H.I.V.E. academy as they head to a grueling Arctic training exercise called the ninety‑three‑percent—a survival test where only a fraction return alive. But before they can begin, a former H.I.V.E. member turns rogue, seizing a global uprising and building a sinister new world order. The students find themselves trapped between a looming armageddon and an eye‑popping military threat, with no place to hide. Their only hope lies in outsmarting a mastermind who knows every hidden corner of their world.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Mark Walden
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