Jimmy Coates: Power

Jimmy Coates: Power
Joe Craig

Sixth action-packed adventure for Jimmy Coates – part boy, part weapon, totally deadly…Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he’s not. He’s genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. Speed, strength and deadly instinct - it’s all in the blood. He has to fight not to kill, while his government fights to kill him.Jimmy’s country is under attack. His body is poisoned. With time running out, he discovers what some people will do for power - and what he must do to stop them…

Jimmy Coates: Power

Joe Craig

The country is under attack, but the people don’t know the truth. Is Jimmy too late to save even himself?

To Mary-Ann Ochota, always.

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ue512359e-8247-5151-a108-bb33db0e0cc3)

Title Page (#uda4dc38f-7fb0-5a63-a524-f0b9179030c6)

Excerpt (#u18d57d67-9f6c-594b-a960-c86e372c5b4c)

Dedication (#u57acfd7f-49ee-5517-b72d-95269f7db30d)

01 THE MESSAGE (#u868dadff-19ff-540b-9aba-b582859728d8)

02 TUNNEL VISION (#u5bbc003d-b0be-5de1-80c4-b70fce41c28d)

03 THE WALNUT TREE PROJECT (#ub9fc9b7f-2830-5016-b85f-27ebf932f086)

04 CRATE EXPECTATIONS (#u27fc7dab-5df0-59aa-8cc3-1b79e3893841)

05 TURNING UP THE HEAT (#ub2f0950c-5690-5434-9df4-6906286a2526)

06 NELSON’S SHADOW (#u205135a8-95aa-52c7-b8d9-6206a6a9f0a7)

07 LUCK OF THE EGYPTIAN (#litres_trial_promo)

08 DOCTOR’S ORDERS (#litres_trial_promo)

09 THE OTHER WING (#litres_trial_promo)

10 THE HOLLINGDALE INCIDENT (#litres_trial_promo)

11 RATE OF DILAPIDATION (#litres_trial_promo)

12 THE CORPORATION (#litres_trial_promo)

13 WHAT’S UP. DOC? (#litres_trial_promo)

14 POWER AND LOYALTY (#litres_trial_promo)

15 ERT IT (#litres_trial_promo)

16 POWER AND CONTROL (#litres_trial_promo)

17 PUPPET SHOW (#litres_trial_promo)

18 VISITING HOUR (#litres_trial_promo)

19 MESSING ABOUT ON THE RIVER (#litres_trial_promo)

20 THE MAKING OF A MONSTER (#litres_trial_promo)

21 TIME TO SHOOT (#litres_trial_promo)

22 POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY (#litres_trial_promo)

23 BURYING A HATCHET (#litres_trial_promo)

24 THE LAIR OF THE RIVER SPIDER (#litres_trial_promo)

25 MESSAGES SENT (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgment (#litres_trial_promo)

About The Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Other Books By (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

01 THE MESSAGE (#ulink_69054faf-e794-59ea-8856-c9fef5d432cc)

“This is Jimmy Coates…”

The boy paused and stared harder into the lens of the tiny camera attached to the top of the computer monitor. His eyes didn’t flicker. “I mean, I am Jimmy Coates.” He could hear his voice trembling, but he knew he had to go on. He had to get his message out—tell his story. Tell people the truth.

“This is going to sound like the craziest—” He cut himself short, startled by a noise behind him. He looked round. The glow from the lamp-post outside filtered through the slats of the Venetian blinds and the rain on the windows, lighting the small second-floor office in disfigured orange lines, like diseased skin. Nothing had changed.

He glanced again at the infrared detector in the corner of the ceiling. He knew it wouldn’t be flashing. Only minutes earlier he’d disabled the office’s alarm system. But if anybody passed by the building they might notice the gleam from the computer screen. If they investigated any further and saw Jimmy’s makeshift rewiring of the entry system at the door, they’d certainly call the police. There wasn’t meant to be anybody in the office of the Hailsham Gazette this late at night.

“I know I look like a normal boy,” Jimmy went on, trying to steady his breathing so he could get the words out. “I’m twelve. But…” Again he stopped himself. His mouth wouldn’t form the words. They raced through his head, but he couldn’t force them out. He wanted to scream everything at once: I’m the perfect assassin. They made me that way. They designed my DNA in a test tube…

At the same time he knew that some parts of the truth were better left out. Nobody would believe him, and if they did, they’d be terrified instead of listening to what he had to say.

Jimmy forced himself to concentrate and adjusted the direction of the webcam, making sure his face was clear on the monitor. It was so strange seeing himself like this. His features didn’t look like his own. His cheeks were thinner and his eyes looked grey.

But in front of him on the desk was something that strengthened his resolve. It was the latest edition of the Gazette. The headline leapt out: BRAVE BRITAIN TO HIT BACK AFTER FRENCH ATTACK OUR OIL RIG.