Scott and his gang of techno-hackers might have destroyed the deadly online
game Virtual Kombat, but they're far from safe. No longer hosted in virtual
reality, there's only one place for the brutal battle to go - VK will be played in
the real world, and Scott's tech skills won't help him now. This is no longer  just a game ...

As well as being a top-selling children's author, Chris Bradford is also a professional musician and songwriter who once performed for the Queen. He has trained in a variety of martial arts, including samurai swordsmanship, and has earned his black belt in Kyo Shin Taijutsu, the secret fighting art of the ninja. His bestselling Young Samurai and Bodyguard series are both hugely popular, the former having been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

||

Anders Frang is a Danish-born illustrator with an MA in Game Design and Interaction from the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. Anders relocated to Edinburgh in 2016 with the dream of illustrating children's books.