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  • Published: 1 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141971513
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 356

Bodyguard: Assassin (Book 5)




Bodyguard: Ransom - a bullet-proof thriller from Chris Bradford, author of Bodyguard: Hostage and Young Samurai

In a dangerous world, everyone needs protection.

Bodyguard isa bullet-proof new thriller series from Chris Bradford, bestselling author of Young Samurai. This is Lee Child for younger readers - Cherub meets Jason Bourne.

With young people from wealthy families increasingly at risk from hostage-taking or blackmail, a special breed of bodyguards is needed. Trained to guard people their own age, Buddyguards are an elite group of teens dedicated to providing low-profile, high-security protection for at-risk young people.

Connor Reeves is a Buddyguard. Trained in surveillance, anti-ambush exercises, hostage survival and unarmed combat, he's already proven himself, saving the American President's daughter from terrorists. In Bodyguard: Ransom, Connor is protecting twins, on board the mega-yacht of a media mogul. When pirates storm the yacht, Connor is in very dangerous waters . . .

  • Published: 1 May 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141971513
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 356

About the author

Chris Bradford

As an author, Chris Bradford practises what he terms 'method writing'. For his award-winning Young Samurai series, he trained in samurai swordsmanship, karate, ninjutsu and earned his black belt in Zen Kyu Shin Taijutsu. For his Bodyguard series, he embarked on an intensive close-protection course to become a qualified professional bodyguard.

And for the Soul Prophecy trilogy, Chris travelled extensively to experience first-hand the cultures featured in the story - from living with the Shona people in Zimbabwe, to trekking the Inca trail, to meditating in a Buddhist temple amid the mountains of Japan.

His bestselling books are published in over twenty-five languages and have garnered more than thirty-five children's book awards and nominations. Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior was deemed one of Puffin's 70 Best Ever Books, alongside Treasure Island and Robin Hood. To discover more about Chris, go to www.chrisbradford.co.uk

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