Can you save the world by living for ever? Anders uncovers the sinister truth about Pleekas in this gripping dystopian thriller from award-winning author Steve Cole.
The year is 2070, and the New You Foundation claim to have found the ultimate answer to the climate crisis. They want human beings to transform themselves into Pleekas – perfect artificial replicas. Pleekas can go on for ever but won’t create waste or use the Earth's resources.
Too good to be true?
When a chance meeting leads young journalist Anders Jones to the sinister truth, he must risk everything to expose New You – if it’s not already too late …
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Born in 1971, Steve Cole spent a happy childhood in rural Bedfordshire being loud and aspiring to amuse. He liked books, and so went to the University of East Anglia to read more of them. Later on he started writing them too, with titles ranging from pre-school poetry to Young Adult thrillers (with more TV and film tie-ins than he cares to admit to along the
More about Steve ColeGrant Murray (AKA W. H. Mumfrey) is the author of The Alien Invasion Survival Handbook (Simon & Schuster, 2009) and the Official Underground 2012 Doomsday Survival Handbook (2010). This is his first book for children. When he isn't writing, Grant is a fine art photographer and outdoor adventurer. He lives in Tasmania, Australia; an island well placed to
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