Four exciting novelisations of action-packed Thunderbirds episodes for young readers (7-11). 1: The Uninvited Scott speeds to the rescue of two archaeologists lost in the desert without food or fuel and finds himself in a dangerous adventure deep within a mysterious pyramid filled with fabulous treasure. 2: Brink of Disaster A storm damages the track of a monorail with Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin onboard. As Brains tries desperately to halt the train, Scott and Virgil launch Thunderbirds 1 and 2 and speed to the danger zone. But can they possibly get there in time? 3: Sun Probe A manned rocket is launched on a daring mission to fire a probe into the sun. But something goes wrong and the rocket is suddenly heading straight for the sun. Thunderbird 3 is launched but can Alan fly close enough to the sun to save the doomed solarnauts? 4: Atlantic Inferno Fire rages in the Atlantic when a navy missile goes out of control and sets fire to an underwater gas field, threatening the lives of the men on a nearby oil rig.
Dave Morris is a bestselling author - in fact, he was 1990's top-selling author in the UK.
In addition to having written a string of adventure novels and role-playing gamebooks for older kids and young adults, he is also an award-winning videogame designer with two Top Ten hits to his name.
As a mentor in the American Film Institute digital content lab, he has worked with partners like NBC and Microsoft to create new forms of entertainment that fuse the best of traditional storytelling and interactivity. As a scriptwriter he has worked for the BBC, Endemol, Carlton, Pearson and Flextech.
All of these skills of drama, visual storytelling, interactive design and new media come together in his epic 900-page graphic novel saga Mirabilis, part-funded by Random House, which was launched in both digital and print media in early 2011.
