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  1. Cover
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Chapter 3
  10. Chapter 4
  11. Chapter 5
  12. Chapter 6
  13. Chapter 7
  14. Chapter 8
  15. Chapter 9
  16. Chapter 10
  17. Chapter 11
  18. Chapter 12
  19. Chapter 13
  20. Chapter 14
  21. Chapter 15
  22. Chapter 16
  23. Chapter 17
  24. Chapter 18
  25. Chapter 19
  26. Chapter 20
  27. Chapter 21
  28. Chapter 22
  29. Chapter 23
  30. Chapter 24
  31. Chapter 25
  32. Chapter 26
  33. Chapter 27
  34. Chapter 28
  35. 1
  36. 2
  37. 3

Angela Reynolds

Cian Reynolds

E C Rickett

Alex Rider (The Aspie, Not A Spy)

Brian Rodewald

Lorraine Ross

Luca Rossi

Jean Sando

Mary Anne Savage

Dora Schmora

Tara Segrave-Daly

Clara Seow

Callie Shackleton

Ben Sharp

Jo Sharp

Oliver Sharp

Zoe Sharp

Nicola Sheldon

Heather Sheppard

Eilidh Skinner

Bruce George Smith

Chad Smith

Morgan Smith

Sophie Smith

Charlie Smitsdorff

Helen Souter

Niav South

Christel Ursula Sparks

Tina St Ruth

Ziggy Stardust

Lucas Stephens

Jennie Strong

Victoria Strudwick

Troy Stuart

Arran Swinscoe

Stephanie Tarnutzer

Marcel V. Taylor

Rachael Moon Taylor

Zuzu Taylor

Michael Teegarden

Aidan Thornley

J Toohey

Su Underwood

Irene Valdez

Sheila van Nie

Frank van Sebille

Remedios Varo

Martin Versteegen

Will Versteegen

Andrew Walden

Barry John Walden

Julie Walden

Mark Walden

Gavin Walker

Kay Ward

Juliana Watson

Rosalind Weinstock

Kristine Weiskopf

Amanda Wheeler

William Stephen White

Sarah Whiting

Sandy Wild

Kat Williams

Steven Wilson

Vicki Wingrove

John Wofford

Susan Wolfe

Ana Maria Young

4

The Underdogs of Spitfire’s Rise as of May 16th, Year One

First name Last name Age Notes
Kate Arrowsmith 16 Secondary student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnoses: Autism, Severe Anxiety.
Charlie Coleman 15 Secondary student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: ADHD.
Gracie Freeman 15 Secondary student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: Global Development Delay.
Alex Ginelli 22 Deputy store manager, Fixit hardware store, Bancroft Road, Brighton.
Mark Gunnarsson 18 Post-16 student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: unclear.
Jack Hopper 17 Post-16 student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: Asperger Syndrome.
Joseph McCormick 64 Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences, Greenwich University.
First name Last name Age Notes
Thomas Foster 9 Year 4 pupil, St David’s Primary School, St Alban’s.
Lorraine Shepherd 52 Nurse, Queen’s Hospital stroke unit, Luton.
Raj Singh 15 Secondary student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: Dyslexia.
Ewan West 16 Secondary student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: Autism (PDA profile).
Simon Young 14 Secondary student, Oakenfold Special School, Harpenden. Diagnosis: Down’s Syndrome.
Shannon Grant 17 Daughter of Great Britain’s autocratic dictator, Nicholas Grant.

And the highest-ranking staff of New London Citadel:

First name Last name Age Notes
Nicholas Grant 55 Undisputed ruler of Great Britain.
Iain Marshall 43 Head of Military Division.
Nathaniel Pearce 42 Chief of Scientific Research.
Oliver Roth 14 Primary assassin.

Prologue

Oliver Roth never felt like words on a screen did him justice. He sat at his workstation, browsing the clone factory incident report, and wished it had been written with a little more flair – with him being recognised as more heroic. He had earned it.

He grabbed his last slice of pizza and ate it in two mouthfuls. Life in New London’s upper floors, with literally only three people in the country who outranked him, came with its fair share of luxuries. Among them was the opportunity for pizza on demand, even for breakfast. Yes, as a growing boy and a professional assassin, healthy eating was important. But only when his bosses were looking.

Besides, they’d forced a fourteen-year-old out of his bed at half six in the morning. So him eating pizza for breakfast was their fault, really.