Books with author Bateman

When the horrific death of her father leaves Jenna Banks an orphan just before her sixteenth birthday, she is plunged into the world of Hilltop Academy – a world where machine gun-toting Agents protect her from unseen forces and watching out for monsters is the norm. Yet even in this mysterious otherworld, Jenna discovers she has abilities above and beyond those of her fellow Hilltop students. Unfortunately for her, she’s not the only one to make this discovery. Another tragedy sees Jenna and her new friends transferred from England to the vast Academy base in Colorado. Watched constantly and unable to trust anyone but her closest friends, Jenna has to think on her feet day to day, calling on all her natural cunning simply to survive. Then the surprise to end all surprises completely blows her world apart.

Some angels do not suffer their children to live. Eighteen-year-old Grace Carrington is just your average, everyday freak. No one ever told her why her eyes started glowing when she turned thirteen, or why she can read minds and manipulate electricity. She's spent two years on the run from her mother -- who wants her locked away and studied like a bug -- and survives by ripping off Vegas casinos with a string of fake IDs and her ability to bend slot machines to her will. But what Grace doesn't know will hurt her. The father she's never met was an angel, and she's a Nephilim. Which makes her an unwitting beacon for something far more dangerous than the cops who want to bring her back to her mother. There's a monster on her trail. One who's hunted down and slaughtered the Nephilim for centuries. And Grace is the next target on his list.

Everyone said the original Titanic was unsinkable. We all know how that story ended. The new Titanic is also supposedly unsinkable. But there are worse things than drowning as Jimmy Armstrong quickly finds out. Stowing away wasn't one of his better ideas but having to work his passage and put up with spoilt girl Claire is enough to make anyone want to jump overboard... That is until he finds out about a mysterious, incurable disease rapidly infecting the population, Suddenly being at sea seems the safest place to be!

Everyone said the original Titanic was unsinkable. We all know how that story ended. The new Titanic is also supposedly unsinkable. But there are worse things than drowning as Jimmy Armstrong quickly finds out. Stowing away wasn't one of his better ideas but having to work his passage and put up with spoilt girl Claire is enough to make anyone want to jump overboard...That is until he finds out about a mysterious, incurable disease rapidly infecting the population, Suddenly being at sea seems the safest place to be...

Lucky Jimmy Armstrong and his friend Claire find themselves deserted by the new Titanic on an unfamiliar shore. With normal life changed forever, the world is left in the hands of cannibals, murderers and gangs. They are back to fighting for survival. Well, that, and running ...fast! Then after overhearing a group of survivors with a startling story they stumble upon the one thing that has become a real rarity -- hope.

You would think Eddie Malone - hero, warrior, gang leader, intent on world domination - would have had enough of babies. And you would be right...But losing a baby is not good. And if it belongs to your mum, well - it's a disaster. Eddie is at his lowest ebb. Until Mo, Gary, Ivan Cutler and the others appear. Maybe Eddie will have his Gang after all. But what should he call it?