The Phoenix Files

Luke is having a rough year. When his parents split up, his mum drags him to Phoenix, a brand-new town in the middle of nowhere. But Phoenix is no ordinary town. There are no cars, no phones and no internet. Luke thinks this is as weird as it gets. Then he discovers that someone is plotting to wipe out the human race. Phoenix is suddenly the safest and most dangerous place on earth. And the clock is ticking. There are one hundred days until the end of the world.
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For the first six months, Peter's life in Phoenix was pretty normal. Hanging out with his friends, frustrating his parents, sleeping through school. Then he found out the world was ending. The Shackleton Co-operative is planning to exterminate the rest of humanity - and they're going to use "Tabitha" to do it. But who is Tabitha? What's really going on inside the Shackleton Building? And why does Peter's dad's name keep turning up in the search for answers? As Peter and his friends struggle to contact the outside world, they're going to find out just how far Shackleton is willing to go to make sure the secretsof Phoenix stay hidden. And the clock is still ticking. There are 88 days until the end of the world.
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Jordan feels like she's going insane. Not only is she having frightening visions of things that haven't happened yet, but she's being tracked by an enemy who can paralyse her at the touch of a button. On top of this, her family is desperate to leave Phoenix. But she knows if they do, they'll die. And are the people of Phoenix… changing? The clock is still ticking. There are seventy days until the end of the world.
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Questions will be answered in May 2011.. ‘Luke Hunter,' said the woman, horribly calm, arms folded across a dirty lab coat. ‘At last. You've no idea how long we've waited for you to arrive.' Luke thought he knew who his enemies were. The Shackleton Co-operative. Calvin, the head of Security. The whole town of Phoenix. But then Luke wakes up strapped to a metal chair in an underground lab. There are more enemies - and they've been waiting his whole life to track him down. Meanwhile, up on the surface, the people of Phoenix are beginning to disappear. Are residents finally allowed to leave the desert town - or is the Co-operative taking extreme measures to maintain their control? But the worst is still to come. Deep under Phoenix, Luke will uncover a secret that changes everything. The clock is still ticking. There are 49 days until the end of the world.
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The time for pretending is over. The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp, and the last free people in Phoenix are forced into hiding. The fight is over unless Jordan and Luke can figure out where the Co-operative is hiding Tobias. And Jordan has to find a way to protect Luke before Peter rages out of control … or else history is doomed to repeat itself. With only weeks left until Tabitha is released, Phoenix's biggest secrets are yet to be revealed. And the clock is still ticking. There are 35 days until the end of the world.
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After ninety-nine days of lock down, the annihilation of the human race is right on schedule. Luke and Jordan are fighting a losing battle. Peter has escaped, Bill has disappeared, and Co-operative Security are moments away from storming the Vattel Complex. As the battle rages on in town, an offer of help arrives from the last place anyone could have expected. But can it really be trusted, or is this just another one of Shackleton's deceptions? And with murder still looming over Luke, will he even live long enough to find out? One way or another, it's all coming to an end. The clock is still ticking. There are seventeen hours until the end of the world.
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