Twister

Ben Tracey and the ‘Red Code’ series reach number 5 with this latest title. It’s a surprise the lad’s lasted this far but, that is the way of high action adventure tales, isn’t it? Twister is no exception to the race against time, find a solution in impossible situations and high blood bath/body count that characterises the series.

Ben was on a holiday in The Caymans when a hurricane precipitated a hasty departure by plane. Wouldn’t you know it the plane was hijacked and our lad had to mastermind defeating the terrorists and then fly it to a crash landing in the Everglades with a Tornado now on the horizon? And we’re only on page 87/320. The fight to survive the tempest and then stop the same terrorist cell from blowing an oil refinery to smithereens proves a white knuckle ride throughout the rest of the yarn.

There is a serious message about big corporations bespoiling the earth and ill-treating the indigenous people, which all comes right in the off-pat ending. A good read for boys who like a page-turner to devour quickly.