HIVE Bk 2 Overlord Protocol Mark Walden 2007 S/L/D

H.I.V.E.Book 2 The Overlord Protocol written by MARK WALDEN. 2007 Bloomsbury cardcover, 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED, 1ST LINED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Book in unread, new & FINE condition. H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top secret school of applied villainy where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents into criminal mastermind. Synopsis: Otto and Wing have special permission to leave H.I.V.E.'s secret island location to attend a funeral (all too common in their line of business). But before they reach their destination they are ambushed. Who would risk assassinating Otto Malpense, star pupil of the Higher Institute of Villainous Education and favourite of Number One, the most powerful villain alive? A new power is rising to challenge Number One's authority, and they need H.I.V.E. and its powerful computer to do so. Otto thought the only thing he wanted was to escape from H.I.V.E., but now he's desperately trying to save it, and himself..  A WINNER IN THE RICHARD & JUDY CHILDREN'S BOOKS AWARDS 2007