Day of the Predator - Alex Scarrow [0]
Praise for TimeRiders:
‘A thriller full of spectacular effects’ – Guardian
‘Insanely exciting, nail-biting stuff’ – Independent on Sunday
‘This is a novel that is as addictive as any computer game’ – Waterstone’s Books Quarterly
‘Promises to be a big hit’ – Irish News
‘A thrilling adventure that hurtles across time and place at breakneck speed’ – Lovereading4kids.co.uk
‘Plenty of fast-paced action … this is a real page-turner’ – WriteAway.org.uk
‘A great read that will appeal to both boys and girls … you’ll find this book addictive!’ – redhouse.co.uk
‘Contender for best science fiction book of the year … an absolute winner’ – Flipside
ALEX SCARROW used to be a graphic artist, then he decided to be a computer games designer. Finally, he grew up and became an author. He has written a number of successful thrillers and several screenplays, but it’s YA fiction that has allowed him to really have fun with the ideas and concepts he was playing around with when designing games.
He lives in Norwich with his son, Jacob, his wife, Frances, and two very fat rats.
Books by Alex Scarrow
TimeRiders
TimeRiders: Day of the Predator
www.time-riders.co.uk
ALEX SCARROW
PUFFIN
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First published 2010
Copyright © Alex Scarrow, 2010
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The moral right of the author has been asserted
Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978-0-141-95106-5
To Frances, Jacob, Max and Frodo – Field Office, Norwich
And as for you, dear reader, the following message is encrypted for your eyes only:
ER YKU CPVO IPJPBOD TK DONKDO TCES TCOJ YKU UJDOQSTPJD TCO EILKQTPJNO KR KJO WKQD – LPJDKQP
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: 2026, Mumbai, India
CHAPTER 2: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 3: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 4: 2015, Texas
CHAPTER 5: 1906, San Francisco
CHAPTER 6: 1906, San Francisco
CHAPTER 7: 2015, Texas
CHAPTER 8: 1906, San Francisco
CHAPTER 9: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 10: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 11: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 12: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 13: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 14: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 15: 2015, Texas
CHAPTER 16: 2015, Texas
CHAPTER 17: 2015, Texas
CHAPTER 18: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 19: 2015, Texas
CHAPTER 20: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 23: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 24: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 25: 2001, New York
CHAPTER 26: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 27: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 28: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 29: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 30: Wednesday, 2001, New York
CHAPTER 31: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 32: 65 million years BC, jungle
CHAPTER 33: 65 million years BC,