H.I.V.E. / The Overlord Protocol / Escape Velocity / Dreadnought / Rogue / Zero Hour / Aftershock

H.I.V.E. #1-7

by Mark Walden

Titles in this series : H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education),H.I.V.E. 2: The Overlord Protocol,H.I.V.E. 3: Escape Velocity,H.I.V.E. 4: Dreadnought,H.I.V.E. 5: Rogue,H.I.V.E. 6: Zero Hour,H.I.V.E. 7: Aftershock.Description:- Zero Hour (H.I.V.E) Overlord is reborn, and has developed the chilling ability to move from body to body, erasing the host's personality and ultimately killing them, forcing him to hop from victim to victim. He must find Otto, the only host designed to contain him, and for that he needs the location of H.I.V.E. He also plans to take control of a secret US Army facility that is home to the Autonomous Weapon Programme, a computer-controlled system uniquely vulnerable to his control. Nero is forced to activate Zero Hour, a plan designed to deal with any member of G.L.O.V.E. on the brink of true global domination. Nero also knows that Otto must not be allowed to fall into Overlord's hands, and a desperate race across the globe begins. The stage is set for a final battle with Overlord. Little do they know that he has a final weapon in his arsenal, on a scale unlike anything they have ever seen before.Rogue (H.I.V.E) The leaders of the world's villainous forces are being picked off one by one in a series of mysterious attacks and Dr Nero is forced to take temporary control of G.L.O.V.E. when Diabolus Darkdoom is seriously injured. He then discovers that Otto, who has now been missing for several months since Dreadnought, is leading the attacks. Under pressure from the remaining members of the ruling council, Nero is left with no choice but to issue a capture or kill order for Otto.

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About the author

I am the world’s laziest man.

No…really. Not just a bit slack, really, truly, breathtakingly lazy.

Which is why it’s taken me so long to get off my big, lazy rear end and get myself properly on-line.

I’m the author of the HIVE series of books which I hope that some of the people who stumble across this might have read and enjoyed. Or read and hated…

I am fortunate enough to live with the two most beautiful women on earth. And yes of course I’m hoping they’ll read that and forgive me for any one of the incredibly stupid things I’ll do this month.

I have yet to hold down anything even vaguely approximating a proper job.

I did help make video games a while ago but that was not the best environment for someone as lazy as me.

Reviews

[Aidanb · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book I chose to read was H.I.V.E Minds- Aftershock. It is a thrilling book about the main character, Otto Malpense and his friends, who try to survive at school. However this is no normal school, it is a school for the criminally gifted. Thousands of criminals, whether it be killing, stealing, or hacking, all end up here. This school called H.I.V.E, which stands for higher institute of villainous education, kidnap the most gifted criminals in all of the world. These students are tested on their villainy skills on a regular basis. There is a huge test at the end of the year about evasion and all the students are studying for it. Who ever can escape capture the longest wins. However Otto and his friends steal the exam papers without getting caught. They know where the test will take place, the perfect places to hide, and the perfect places to fight. When they get to the site that the test will take place at, however, they are attacked and Otto, his friends, and the person who was supposed to capture them in the test ( named Raven) all have to try and escape capture. Read this book to find out who will be captured and who will survive. This is a really well written books with lots of plot twists. The author also ties the book together really well at the end. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10.

[Jonathan Taverna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing. With all of Natalya and Nero's past coming back, it really brought out a lot about them as characters. Also having Anastasia not be dead; it's a whole new Pietor but more deadly. When the other students got kidnapped, though, it was sad. Now they have to live in a whole new glass house and who knows what will happen. Maybe they will end up like Natalya, or maybe like her friend who she had to kill with the katanas. Anyway, it was pure genious to dig that far into the past and bring up a whole new plot with new villians. I can't wait to read the next book!