Product Description

Sixth action-packed adventure for Jimmy Coates - part boy, part weapon, totally deadly! Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he's not. He's genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. Speed, strength and deadly instinct - it's all in the blood. He has to fight not to kill, while his government fights to kill him. Jimmy's country is under attack. His body is poisoned. With time running out, he discovers what some people will do for power - and what he must do to stop them...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34898 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Review
"Totally excellent...A lit bit Bond, a lit bit Matrix and a lot of what you've never read before."
--Flipside

From the Back Cover
Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he's not. He's genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. Speed, strength and deadly instinct - it's all in his blood. He has to fight not to kill... while his government fights to kill him.

Jimmy's country is under attack. His body is poisoned. With time running out, he discovers what some people will do for power - and what he must do to stop them...

"Totally excellent...A lit bit Bond, a lit bit Matrix and a lot of what you've never read before." Flipside

About the Author
Joe studied Philosophy at Cambridge University, graduating in 2002. While there he wrote and performed with the Cambridge Footlights and co-hosted a show on the University radio station. As well as being a writer, he is a songwriter and musician. He has performed as a singer/songwriter at various venues in London, and made a self-produced CD of his pop material. (You can hear the songs through his website.)

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Spy Series - a young Jason Bourne?
Absolutely brilliant! Perfect for getting kids completely gripped by books if they weren't into them before. Anyone from 9 upwards will devour this series - and Jimmy Coates Power is the best one so far. You don't need to read the others in the series first. Older teens will also love the gripping action and fantastic character dilemmas. This is much more of a young Jason Bourne story than just another young James Bond.

For that reason Jimmy Coates is the best spy thriller book series out there for kids - even better than the Anthony Horowitz/Alex Rider books and Cherub.

The 'Jimmy Coates' series continues to amaze with its inventive thrills and excitement. Unlike many other series, it seems to get better with each book.

This is a very thrilling series and perfect for kids who don't usually read. They will be completely gripped the way that many have been by Harry Potter, except this series is possibly even better!

Getting better, but still not Jason Steed or Alex Rider
This the latest 'Jimmy Coates adventure' is getting better. It has come out the same time as 'By Royal Command' Young James Bond and a month after 'Fledgling' Jason Steed, so it has alot to live up to.( As yet nothing is as good as Jason Steed)
I and my two teen boys loved the Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz is a great author, we also love Young James Bond (Although By Royal Command was a little slow) We all agree Jason Steed is the better of all of them and cant waitfor the next Jason Steed book.
Jimmy Coates in the past has been good but not as good, its a bit more science fiction. Power is probably the best of the Jimmy Coates books. Joe Craig is getting better all the time, the book is fast, fun and even has a slight touch of humor. 'Power' could be made into a film it has everything needed to make a classic. Like my boys we are now looking forward to Joe Craigs next adventure with Jimmy Coates.

The Best Jimmy Coates Yet!
Power is exactly the right title for the sixth Jimmy Coates adventure, because this book has it in spades!

From the spine-tingling opening where we find Jimmy trying to spread the truth about the government through what is almost certainly the most exciting action sequence a book has ever seen (I won't give anything away, suffice to say it involves helicopters and a very long bandage!) and beyond, this book will have you gripped, page after page. Bomb plots, stolen TV broadcasts and double-crosses galore - this novel has them all!

With each passing adventure from the pen of Joe Craig, I find myself asking just how he can top it in his next book, yet he always does. Jimmy Coates: Power, however, will take some beating.