Product Description

Fifth title and a stunning new look for Jimmy Coates - part boy, part weapon, totally deadly! Can Jimmy save his family AND prevent a war? The choice is simple. The decision is deadly.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3861 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
Praise for Jimmy Coates: Revenge "Boys love this stuff, and so do girls. Jimmy is a pint-sized verision of Robocop or Terminator! Like Anthony Horowitz's splendid fantasies, [these novels] tap into almost everything a bolshy boy wants and feels. Immensely clever, immediately engaging, they will prepare a child for Orwell and Huxley." Amanda Craig, The Times "Fast-paced and intelligently written." The Bookseller "the sort of book to wow reluctant boy readers away from computer games and into the pages of a book." Books for Keeps "Joe Craig has produced another thrilling page-turner." Jewish Chronicle "A rollicking good spy romp." School House magazine. And for Jimmy Coates: Target "With cinematic skill, Craig unrolls a series of action-packed scenes, with a new crisis at every turn of the page. It's gripping, but not mindless" Angela Kilverstein Praise for Jimmy Coates: Killer "!a totally excellent adventure -- a lit bit Bond, a lit bit Matrix and a lot of what you've never read before. Someone make this into a movie!" Flipside "A gripping action-thriller that's packed with twists." Funday Times "[Joe Craig] has developed the sharp satirical edge that keeps the new generation of boys hooked on books. Which is, in itself, the act of a superhero." Amanda Craig, The Times "The perfect primer to the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum." VOYA "!By turns excitingly action-packed, believably sensible and character driven, and then refreshingly paranoid, this is a book I'd be happy to recommend to the kid in everyone." Vector

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

For fans of the Cherub and Alex Rider books.
This is the fifth title in the series and like the others was gulped down by my twelve year old son in one evening. The stories deal with themes of free will and identity, and provoke discussion on these topics - although as a parent with titles like Killer they can seem a bit off putting.

Jimmy Coates is less than 50% human, genetically engineered by government agency NJ7 to be a deadly assassin. His special powers are not supposed to become evident until Jimmy reaches 18, but his programming has kicked in early which means he is suddenly discovering immense strength and a frightening desire to kill.

The series follows his turmoil as he tries to fight this inbuilt instinct, in Survival, the fifth book in this electrifying series, he is faced with having to prevent an impending war and save his family.

All the books are cracking adventures with enough ideas to make them more than just page-turners. Jimmy is a wonderful creation with which it is easy to identify and sympathise.

My son adores this kind of thing, and making Jimmy himself the gadget instead of, like Alex Rider, partly dependent on them, adds to the fun, especially once Jimmy's intended nemesis, Mitchell, is activated by the deliciously Blairite Prime Minister.

Joe Craig has a sharp satirical edge that keeps boys hooked on books.

Joe Craig has a winner here.
Joe Craig has struck gold with this book. They are almost as good as Alex Rider, Jason Steed or the brillaint Cherub series. I would say better than Young James Bond by Charlie Higson.
Jimmy Coates if fast, fun and great entertainment. I look forward to reading more by this great author.

Survival Jimmy Coates
Without any doubt the best of the Jimmy Coates books. Class A was good, but this takes it to another level. Joe Craig has proved himself yet again to be one of the countries greatest authors.
If you can imagine a robert who is 38 percent human, think Robo cop as a school boy or six million dollar boy you get the picture.