Diese Serie begleitet junge Protagonisten, die unerwartet an eine renommierte Akademie für angehende Schurken rekrutiert werden. Inmitten des geheimen Hauptquartiers einer zwielichtigen Organisation feilen sie an ihren Fähigkeiten in Täuschung, Technologie und strategischer Planung. Schon bald erkennen diese begabten Jugendlichen, dass ihre Einschreibung eine lebenslange Verpflichtung darstellt und eine Flucht unmöglich ist. Gemeinsam müssen sie ihren Verstand und ihre neu erworbenen Fähigkeiten einsetzen, um aus dem Institut auszubrechen und dessen finstere Pläne zu vereiteln.
Otto, ein 13-jähriges Genie mit fotografischem Gedächtnis, wird an das geheime Eliteinternat F.I.E.S. für Superschurken aufgenommen. Unzufrieden mit dem Leben im goldenen Käfig plant er seine Flucht, doch das Internat erweist sich als Hochsicherheitstrakt, und die Flucht scheint nahezu unmöglich.
Someone is threatening Number One's supremacy - very dangerous. The same person is trying to kill Otto, star pupil of H.I.V.E. - even more dangerous, in this hilarious, thrilling and villainous sequel - to H.I.V.E., action-packed and more fun than Charlie Higson.
Pupils and staff at HIVE are horrified to discover that Dr Nero has been captured by the forces of HOPE, the Hostile Operative Prosecution Executive, the world’s newest and most ruthlessly efficient security force. Three months pass without any news of his fate, and Number One has decided to appoint a sinister new headmistress for the school, somebody that the pupils and staff had thought that they’d seen the last of. Meanwhile Otto is also struggling to cope with new abilities that are starting to manifest themselves; can he really be unconsciously interfacing with computers without physical contact? And if he is, what exactly do these new powers really mean? The only way to find Nero and the truth behind the lies is to escape HIVE. Otto must get out, and take the risks which come with being a rogue agent. Then he just has to break into MI6…..
A renegade faction of the world's most powerful villains is intent on destroying G.L.O.V.E. (Global League Of Villainous Enterprises) and showing the world the true face of evil. The Disciples begin by hijacking Diabolus Darkdoom's Airborne command post, then they kidnap his son and his son's best friend. Unfortunately for them, Nigel Darkdoom (and Franz) also happen to be Otto's friends. Heading out to America, Otto, Wing et al embark on a perilous and highly unauthorised rescue operation. Cut off from the support of H.I.V.E. and on the run from American security forces the hunt for their friends leads to one of the US military's most secret facilities. It becomes clear that the Disciples are not all they appear and in a desperate race against time Otto must work out who his real friends are to prevent the Disciples from completing their true objective. Only Otto can save the world from domination by a sinister new world order but it might be that the price he has to pay is just too high. When it comes to the crunch will he be prepared to sacrifice himself?
A renegade faction of the world’s most powerful villains is intent on destroying G.L.O.V.E. (Global League Of Villainous Enterprises) and showing the world the true face of evil. The Disciples begin by hijacking Diabolus Darkdoom’s Airborne command post, then they kidnap his son and his son’s best friend. Unfortunately for them, Nigel Darkdoom (and Franz) also happen to be Otto’s friends. Heading out to America, Otto, Wing et al embark on a perilous and highly unauthorised rescue operation. Cut off from the support of H.I.V.E. and on the run from American security forces the hunt for their friends leads to one of the US military’s most secret facilities. It becomes clear that the Disciples are not all they appear and in a desperate race against time Otto must work out who his real friends are and prevent the Disciples from completing their true objective. Only Otto can save the world from domination by a sinister new world order but it might be that the price he has to pay is just too high. When it comes to the crunch will he be prepared to sacrifice himself?
Could H.I.V.E. have finally turned Otto Malpense into an evil super-villain? The leaders of the world’s villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of mysterious attacks, and when Dr. Nero finds out it is Otto who’s behind them, he has no choice but to issue a “capture or kill” order. Raven and Wing are desperate to save their friend and soon find themselves in a danger-filled race against time to track Otto down before other assassins get to him. Their pursuit takes them to a secret facility hidden deep within the Amazon rain forest, where they face a deadly mysterious operative. Meanwhile, back at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, the school’s own automated defense systems turn against the pupils and staff of H.I.V.E.—and there is no one there to stop them….
Overlord is on the brink of turning the world's population into zombie-like drones, forcing Nero to activate Zero Hour: the ultimate defence
A new era is beginning in the villainous world as civil war looms forcing Otto and his friends to take sides - perhaps against each other
Originally published: Great Britain: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2011.
Otto and Raven are desperate to rescue their friends from the clutches of Anastasia Furan, head of the evil Disciples organisation. First they must track down the location of the Glasshouse, the prison where Furan trains children to become ruthless assassins. But Otto is also being hunted. The three months that Otto has spent following his ‘expulsion’ from H.I.V.E. have given the Artemis Section – an elite division of the American intelligence services that specialises in capturing the toughest targets and reports only to the President – an opportunity to locate him.Deadlock – the eighth book in the breathtaking H.I.V.E. series – continues the high-octane adventures of the supremely talented criminal team, with central characters forced to question everything that Nero has taught them and to confront the consequences of life as a villain, set against the backdrop of a daring high-tech prison break where nothing is quite as it seems.
As the students of H.I.V.E. face the challenges of their final year at the school, Otto Malpense is forced to confront his own legacy as a new threat rises from the shadows of his past.Old wounds will be reopened and dark, hidden secrets will be revealed as H.I.V.E.'s enemies seek a final, ruthless revenge against the school. Otto and his friends face a desperate, deadly fight against an enemy more powerful and dangerous than any they have faced before - a twisted product of his own bloodline. Nothing will ever be the same again...From Italy to Russia and back via the USA, Otto battles against time to defeat an enemy who seems to hold all the cards, while uncaring of the cost to human life. Featuring all your favourite characters from previous books in the series, Bloodline is a real tour de force, and a fitting conclusion to Walden's H.I.V.E series.