Zach Thorne is your typical fifteen year old, except for the fact that his dad is a notorious crime boss, running the family corps. When Zach calls the police just before his aunt is about to carry out a hit on somebody, he suddenly finds himself as the one they want to kill. To protect him, he is given a new identity and is put into protective custody. Not long after that, he is offered a chance to change everything: to become part of a deeply secret government agency known as Python, an elite group of teenagers. His first day on the job isn't really the glamorous affair he imagined as he spends the day with his new 'crew' wandering round a shopping centre trying to gather intel on The Manicurist, a rival crime boss of his father's. The day starts slow but then things take a rather dramatic turn and Zac and his fellow agents find themselves in a fight for their lives.
Ok, so most of you will know that I'm a huge fan of the Bite Risk series (one of my class is currently reading my copy of the fist book), and it was by chance that I stumbled upon Python on NetGalley. To say that I squealed and raced through the book I was reading at the time so I could begin it would be an understatement! (by the way, you'll find reviews of Bite Risk, Bite Risk: Caught Dead, Bite Risk: Cold Blood on my blog, just click the links).
Zac really goes through the ringer as the plot unfolds. Without his father, he feels alone and is desperate to go home but he knows it's too dangerous. The relationship with his dad changes in so many ways over the course of the book (I won't say too much so as not to spoil anything) and his life really does turn upside down. He may only spend a day with the Python team but it's a day he'll never forget; after a rocky start, they have no choice but to bond as their skills are seriously put to the test. Zach discovers more about himself in that one day than any other, and it's a day that changes things forever for him.
Python: The New Recruit is a book where the twists in the plot keep on coming! Just as you think you've got everything straight in your head an other curve ball hits you! It really is a book where you never quite know who you can trust.
Told from the points of view of multiple characters, the book is a real adrenaline rush of a read that will have you utterly gripped, completely breathless and will leave you with a serious book hangover. Publishing 2nd July, I'm already desperate for book 2 and my class are counting down the days until this book is released! (one child even asked if they could borrow my iPad so they could read my electronic copy!!).
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