Zone 13

23 total works

Space Explorers

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

Space pilot Chad takes Jak and Sammi on a secret trip to explore a new planet. Yet fun turns to fear as their helicopter crashes on the planet, surrounded by deadly spear plants. Left on their own, Jak and Sammi are helped by strange, horned creatures. Rescue seems possible - until their spaceship leaves the planet without them.

Republished as a new edition, this book is one of the Shades 2.0 series. This book is perfect for reluctant teens who still want an exciting, unpatronising story that is relevant to their interests and concerns, but who don't want to read a longer novel. With a length of only 6,000 words, and filled with drama, this story will appeal to all reluctant teen readers.

Zone 13 Complete Collection

by David Orme

Published 13 September 2011

Zone 13, is a high interest age, low reading age series covering the supernatural.These exciting action packed stories appeal to children with a love of the unexplained. Illustrated with black and white line drawings and printed on cream paper this series is ideal for reluctant readers. This set courrently contains 9 titles.



The titles in the collection are:



A Nest of Aliens

Crawlers

Cyberspace Warrior

Invasion of the Killer Robots

Space Weed

The Great Brain

The Grey Men

The Shadow From the Past

The Shape Shifter





'Ozzy is 9 years old and has always hated reading, would never pick up a book and was behind at school in the reading levels [...] until he came home from school with one of your Zone 13 books. He can't stop reading your books, he carries them around with him, reads them in bed and when we are out.' - Sarah (Mum of Ozzy 9 years)

Time Forest

by David Orme

Published 22 September 2011

Sophie and Chris are lost in the forest. They don't know where they are. Worse than that, they don't know when they are, either. But getting back home is the least of their problems.

The Shadow from the Past

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

The past casts a long shadow. Bodies hanging at the gallows. Walls that bleed. Not all of it is a dream. The dead have come to haunt the living.

The Coffin Creaks

by David Orme

Published 22 September 2011

Exploring an old cellar at night sounds like a great adventure. The piles of rotting, broken coffins, full of skeletons, weren't so great. Then things got worse. They got so bad that even the rats seemed like good news.

A Nest of Aliens

by David Orme

Published 22 September 2011

In the mountains, people are disappearing. One man finds out what is happening. And he doesn't believe his eyes. Then he finds out that some of his friends aren't who they seem to be.

Space Weed

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

An alien plant comes to planet Earth from outer space. The plant's roots feed on human blood, but the plant doesn't bother killing people first.
Soon the plant is everywhere - and so are its seeds.

Crawlers

by David Orme

Published 22 September 2011

The insects living inside the ancient mummy won't harm you. Unless you are alive, that is. You see, the insects like living flesh. And now they're escaped. And they're looking for fresh meat. Are you on the menu?

Cyberspace Warrior

by David Orme

Published 19 April 2011

Anyone can be a warrior in Cyberspace, but if you can't quit the game it gets dangerous. There are killer robots, tentacles of doom and monsters with three heads. And there's only one way out ...

Out of the Fog

by David Orme

Published 27 May 2011

Never be afraid of the fog. Fog can't hurt you, after all. But sometimes, what comes out of the fog is more scary than your worst nightmare. Then it's time to be afraid. Very afraid.

Cockroach

by David Orme

Published 19 April 2011

There's nothing wrong with a few cockroaches crawling in the rubbish, is there? But these cockroaches are bigger than usual. And they like people.
Eating people, that is ...

Invasion of the Killer Robots

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

They have been waiting for 300 million years. Waiting just for you. And now they are going to kill you. You and everybody else on the planet. And there's nothing you can do ...

Orbit 7

by David Orme

Published 19 April 2011

Three of you on a space station.
Then two.
Then it's just you. Alone in space. You are scared. Very scared.
Then it gets worse. Much worse...

No Chance

by David Orme

Published 27 May 2011

Julie was driving very carefully. After all, it wasn't her car. But when she saw Matt standing on the pavement, she gave him a lift. Or did she?

The Shape Shifter

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

Something is killing sheep on the moor. It's bigger than a dog, and it knows ... The truth is out there. But can anybody discover the truth and live?

The Great Brain

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

An intelligent robot that can learn sounds like a good idea. Until it learns to build a copy of itself. Then it isn't just a machine anymore. It's alive.

That's when it's clear: the future's going to be very different.

The Ice People

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

The Antarctic winter is very cold. Very cold. You will die in minutes if you're not covered up. So who's walking around barefoot when it's minus 40 degrees? And what do they want from us?

Spook City

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

Have you ever got off a train at the wrong stop? This is the wrong stop. There are skeletons and rats and figures without faces trying to kill you. And no, it's not a dream.

The Grey Men

by David Orme

Published 1 October 2013

You wake up screaming. Then you find out that it can get a lot worse.

At least then you could still scream.

They Came from the Sea

by David Orme

Published 27 May 2011

In the small seaside town strange things start happening. Fishermen find crabs with extra legs and seals that kill people. Could it have anything to do with the nuclear power station next to the town? And what happens when people are affected too?