Soulforce

Darkness is spreading. Gideon Flynn, SWAGG's beloved leader, is rapidly becoming more shadow than light.And it's not just Flynn. Destructive forces are stealing across the planet, causing rifts in families, in continents, in the Earth itself …As super-scientist Stein races to create a way to bring Gideon back from the Shadows, with the help of his old friend Frank and his new SWAGG team, they realise that Flynn is always secretive for a reason. He knows something. He knows what's coming. And he knows how to stop it.So if SWAGG can't bring him back before he disappears forever into the blackness, it's going to be too late … For everyone. Jill Marshall is the author of the best-selling Jane Blonde series and fiction for children, young adults and adults. Her middle-grade series about sensational girl spy, Jane Blonde,published by Macmillan Children's Books UK, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies around the world, featured as a World Book Day title and reached the UK Times Top 10 for all fiction. Jane Blonde has been optioned for film and TV and is currently undergoing some exciting Wower-ish transformations.Jill has now brought Jane together with her other series in this age group - Doghead, The Legend of Matilda Peppercorn, Stein & Frank - in a fantastic new ensemble series. Meet the SWAGG team, and their first book, SPOOK.As well as books for tweens and teens, Jill writes for young adults and adults, each with a collection of three stand-alone novels. She also writes for younger children, with a Hachette-published picture book for teenies, Kave-Tina Rox.When she's not writing books, Jill is a communications consultant and a proud mum and nana. She divides her time between the UK and New Zealand, and hopes one day to travel between the two by SatiSPI or ESPIdrilles. Gideon Flynn emerges from the shadows to draw a tip-top and highly unusual team together. Jane Blonde. Jack BC. Matilda Peppercorn. Stein. All stars in their own right, they're about to pull together in a dazzling line-up that can tackle the biggest of challenges. And that's exactly what Gideon presents them with, in an out-of-this-world series that starts with SWAGG 1 - Spook.This ensemble series is from the author of the best-selling Jane Blonde series, Jill Marshall. Jane Blonde has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in 22 countries around the world, been a UK Times Top Ten bestseller and a World Book Day title, and has been optioned for film and TV. Each character has their own origin story/series, including Jane Blonde and Jack BC which were both published previously by Macmillan Children's Books.And SWAGG's not just a series. It's a universe. A chance for readers to find new heroes - on the page and in themselves.Meet the SWAGG team. They're the world's treasure.