
Orca Rising
by Chris Hannon
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Pub Date Apr 12 2018 | Archive Date May 24 2018
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Description
Orca Rising is the story of Ocean Daley, a clever, athletic sixteen-year-old, living a humdrum life with his mum and her annoying boyfriend, until he is recruited to a mysterious spy agency. This is a suspenseful, action-packed YA novel, similar to the Alex Rider and Young Bond series.
Create your own future…
16-year-old Ocean Daley needs to get away from school, his seaside town and wasting his summer working for his mother’s irritating boyfriend. When his mysterious Uncle Frank offers him a place at a summer school for a select group of gifted teens, he jumps at it.
But the school isn’t like any other, with classes in hacking, bike racing, psychological tricks and combat. Orca, the secretive organisation behind the school, needs fresh recruits…but for what? Ocean’s father co-founded Orca, and joining the organization feels like a way to honour his memory, as well as strengthen bonds with his strange uncle.
Orca demands each teenager push themselves beyond the possible and in return each student gets an impressive salary, international travel and exhilarating field missions—a double life. There is one catch. Joining Orca is a life-binding commitment to support their ‘noble' cause. For Ocean, it’s the challenge in life he’s been looking for.
Others might call it a trap.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781786080523 |
PRICE | $12.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews

Enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I liked both the characters, the story and the world building. Some twist and turns along the way made for a great read. Recommended. I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thanks to NetGalley and Thistle Publishing!

While reading it , it kind of reminds me of the Alex rider series which I love , with this said I want to say thinks to Netgalley for giving me a change at reading it and hopeful finding a new series to start because that hoe it reads at the end of the book

This book certainly took me a while, but I love Ocean and the fact that this book gave me some "Maze Runner" vibes and a little bit of "Hunger Games" too.
I will admit that I was not all too pleased with the ending but I get the feeling that there will be a sequel. Thank you NetGalley for the eARC.

It was a surprisingly entertaining read with a great set of characters. Fast-paced and action-packed despite the less than 200 pages. But I would have liked it more if there's more information given about the secret organization. I would love to know the characters a little better, too. Nevertheless, it's a fun read and the ending gives hope for a second book.
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