H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden

Then it came to me - there wasn't really anything villainous at all about either the H.I.V.E. Up until this point there had been something nagging at the back of my mind, something that I could not quite put my finger on. Mark Walden can certainly do action-packed adventure, and he does it very, very well.

I have to say that I felt that the chapters set within the Institute were the weakest in the book, and that it was when then Otto, Wing, Laura and Shelby left for the Arctic that things really got going. For those not familiar with the series the four are: Otto Malpense, a criminal genius with a limitless mind, photographic memory and rare extra-sensory skills Wing Fanchu, exceptionally skill in martial arts and numerous forms of self defence Laura Brand, an expert with computers Shelby Trinity, an all-American girl that is actually the world renowned jewel thief known as The Wraith. Then, after the prologue, we found ourselves at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education (H.I.V.E.) where we meet up again with the four young adults that are central to the story. The opening was reminiscent of a Stephen King novel, it set the scene excellently and my fears seemed groundless. So, it was with a little apprehension that I began reading Dreadnought. I have to admit that the story - although competently written - did not grab or involve me as much as I would have liked. It was included, alongside Joseph Delaney's The Spook Tale, in a £1 World Book Day publication. series was the short story Interception Point. are en route to a training exercise in the Arctic as the ninety-three-percenter, owing to the proportion of students that make it back alive.īut before they arrive, events take over, and Otto, Wing and his most trusted villain-friends find themselves in the sights of the most dangerous man alive, with nowhere to run to. Meanwhile, Otto, Wing and other students from H.I.V.E. One of their own has gone rogue and is threatening global Armageddon, with himself at the head of a sinister new world order. The world's most powerful villains have a problem.

H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education by Mark Walden