Andrew Goodman

Near future YA adventure yarn

On his sixteenth birthday Daniel Henstock's parents are murdered and he discovers that his life, so far, has been a lie. He was genetically engineered and those responsible want him back.

As the book opens Daniel is in school, performing well on tests but with few friends and having problems with the school bully. A couple of chapters later and his life has been turned upside down and given a damn good shaking. Daniel, with some help from a mysterious benefactor, has run to America and is trying to hide in the metropolis of New York. We are in the near future where there are bullet trains between American cities, people have to carry DNA cards for security reasons and mobile phones can do X-Rays. Daniel finds an ally in a blackmarket contact and through judicious reading becomes a kung fu expert. He meets a girl in the library and when she is threatened decides to take the fight back to those that are trying to retrieve them. Queue Bourne style adventure as Daniel attempts to extract rough justice.

I’m not a huge fan of YA and there were some things in the book that I didn’t like due to this but that’s just my issues with YA in general and this is a very solid YA so if that’s your bag your definitely going to enjoy this

Overall - Ticks all the YA boxes, if you like YA read it!… (mer)

THE BEST BARRISTERS’ GUIDE TO BREAKFAST …
AND THE COURTS!


Goodman's Guide remains the best in its field for all court users with his splendid detail on how to get to a particular building and where you can get breakfast whilst you wait for the court staff to open up.

Its pocket size is just right for the suit or pilot case, and it has saved me an enormous amount of time (and worry) by making sure I get to court on time following Goodman's excellent directions, and well set out court details!

Let’s have some IT links in the future for remote access.… (mer)