Escape Velocity (HIVE #3)

Escape Velocity is the third book in Mark Walden's HIVE series. HIVE stands for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education. The series has been described as Alex Rider meets Harry Potter.

At HIVE, the school designed for those criminal masterminds who will one day rule the world, things have a bad habit of going wrong. When the headmaster goes missing he is replaced by a former teacher - one who tried to destroy the school in the past.

Only four of the students know how dangerous the new head of the school can be. And before they can do anything to help ensure the safety of the school, they must find the missing headmaster. And the only way to do that is to break into MI6's computers.

Walden's fun and thrilling series will draw readers from many fields. His characters are compelling, his stories are fast-paced, and his world is exciting enough that readers will be up late to finish the book.

Walden, Mark. (2011). Escape Velocity. New York: Simon & Schuster.