If you're into high-octane thrillers that marry suspense with all-out action, "Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves" won't disappoint. Imagine being immersed in a cinematic rollercoaster, where each page seems to amplify the stakes. It's the sort of read that might keep you up, chewing through chapters to see if Scarecrow can avert a global catastrophe, armed with nothing but guts and guile.

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• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for General Fiction (2012)

At an abandoned military base in the Arctic, a battle to save the world has begun...THE SECRET BASE Known only as Dragon Island, the long-forgotten relic of the Cold War houses a weapon of terrible destructive force. And it has just been re-activated.A RENEGADE ARMY When Dragon Island is seized by terrorists, the fate of the world hangs in the balance.ONE SMALL TEAM The only unit close enough to avert disaster is an equipment-testing team led by a Marine captain named Schofield, call sign SCARECROW. They are not equipped to attack a fortified island held by a small army but will go in anyway - because someone has to.THE ULTIMATE HERO IS BACK, FACING THE ULTIMATE ARMY OF VILLAINS.

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