It took a while to re-acquaint myself with these well-loved characters, having read the previous book almost five years back. Dreadnought delivers the same exciting action and dose of trouble that seem to follow Otto, Wing, and their band of villainous heroes at H.I.V.E.- a secret school for super-villains of the future. Still fresh out of their previous life-threatening experience, the group embarks on a training mission but instead gets into another precarious situation that forces them to fight back. Terrorists kidnap the President of the United States and intend to use government missiles to cause disaster on U.S. land. Otto's amazing ability to immerse and interface with computers left him with the burden of stopping the satellites from launching the missiles, rescuing the President from a crashing Air Force One, and saving an unsuspecting nation from an impending catastrophe. I'm looking forward to book five, and hoping that it would give me the same fun, breathtaking suspense and relish I always get from each of the H.I.V.E. series I've read. Dreadnought is the fourth book in the series, H.I.V.E, which is a story about a school, pretty much in the middle of nowhere which trains elite kids/teens to become villains. This story's protoganists are Otto Malpense. Otto is a highly intelligent 13 year-old who is able to hack anything electronic and understands difficult problems like they're child's play. Next character is Otto's best friend, Wing Fong. He is best at martial arts and pretty much anything that has to do with physical strength and endurance. After that is Laura. She, like Otto, is a talented hacker and is able to hack even the military's equiptment. Lastly is Shelby, previously known as 'the wraith' due to her old life which included stealing many items without anyone knowing until she was gone from the crime scene. Dreadnought is about these characters going to a base camp for training which has a nickname called the 'ninety-four percenter' due to the percentage of kids who actually make it out alive. Which is understandable since it is, maybe below zero, where the training camp actually is. But, before they even arrive at the base camp, trouble arrives as the have to go against a group of villainous men and have to face them head on. This book was absolutely suspenseful to read. I couldn't even put the book down without reading another few chapters. With many cliff-hangers, this book was probably the best so far out of the other books in the series that I have read. I recommend this book to people who suspense, mystery, action, and comedy. I loved this book because of the plot and the lovable characters which want you to keep reading the series. I hope you read this book, and all the other books in the H.I.V.E series by Mark Walden.
What do You think about Dreadnought. Mark Walden (2011)?
I really liked this book, it had a surprise ending that makes me want to read the next one!
—Ellie
great! Just the type of Cliff-Hanger book that I like. Osm book! Recommended!
—Bandit
