However, their meeting at the airport gives them more questions than answers and as they hunt for information about Phoenix and the deadly plans, the more dangerous it becomes for them in the town.Īrrival is the first book in the action-packed, heart-stopping Phoenix Files series. When Luke discovers a note in his backpack inviting them to a secret meeting at the Phoenix Airport, they hope that they’ll get some answers. Someone is plotting to wipe out the human race in 100 days and Phoenix suddenly becomes the safest and most dangerous place on earth. A coded message brings Luke together with Peter and Jordan, and when they decipher the message they realise they’re in serious danger. The town was especially built by the Shackleton Cooperative, the mysterious company that offered Luke’s mum a job, and their security officers roam the streets. All the houses look the same and the only way to get around the town is to walk or bike. There are no cars, no phones and no internet. When Luke and his mum move to the town of Phoenix, out in the middle of nowhere, Luke knows straight away that something isn’t quite right about the place. He remains a sci-fi junkie to this day, and believes there is no movie so great that it couldn’t be improved with the addition of a spaceship.What would you do if you found out there were only 100 days until the end of the world? Many fans are anxiously awaiting the release of the fourth book in the series, The Phoenix Files: Underground, this coming May.Ĭhris still lives in Sydney and divides his time between writing and casual teaching. The Phoenix Files: Arrival was released in June 2009 and each subsequent release has increased his readership. This transfixing thriller series tells the gripping story of three teenagers who uncover a plot to wipe out the entire human race.

The successful ingredients of Zac Power – action, suspense and edge-of-your-seat excitement – combine with heart-stopping plot twists that you won’t see coming in his own 6 title series, The Phoenix Files. He has since written a total of 12 Zac Power books. In 2008 under the Zac Power author pseudonym H.I.Larry, Chris wrote the first 4 titles in the smash-hit Zac Power Mega Missions series. His experiences as a teacher, combined with those formative high school years, have resulted in unintentional invaluable research for his writing.

After school, Chris did a short stint as a primary school teacher – definitely the second-best job in the world – and then started writing for kids and young adults. He spent his childhood drawing comic books and writing stories about dinosaurs and time machines.ĭuring high school, Chris read a lot of YA science fiction, and his collection of all fifty-four Animorphs books still has pride of place on his bookshelf. Chris Morphew was born in Sydney in 1985.

Arrival by Chris Morphew