Boy Soldier Series
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''Boy Soldier
Payback Avenger Meltdown'' |
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| Author | Andy McNab, Robert Rigby |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Doubleday & co. |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Boy Soldier is a series of novels written by Andy McNab with the co-operation of Robert Rigby. It tells the story of a boy named Danny Watts and his grandfather Fergus, apparently a rogue ex-SAS soldier.
Danny sets out to find Fergus, who the media papers state betrayed his regiment by taking money while on active operations infiltrating a drug cartel in Colombia. Later in the series, the reader concludes that Fergus was a deniable operator who was caught.
Boy Soldier (Traitor in USA) is the story of Danny's quest to find his grandfather, whom he has never met but has somehow managed to jeopardise his future. During the early 1990s, Fergus was recruited by MI6 to run an undercover operation in the Colombian drug cartels as a 'K', a deniable operative. However, during the op, he discovered that his control officer had betrayed their operations in Colombia in exchange for money. Before he could report, he was arrested by Colombian officers. He managed to escape back to England where he hid from the mole who planned to find him and kill him to protect himself. Danny finally finds his grandfather, Fergus Watts, with the help of Danny's best friend, Elena is a computer genius and a very intelligent seventeen-year-old. but also discovers that he has become a pawn within somebody else's plot to uncover Fergus. George Fincham worked in Colombia where he was Fergus Watts's control officer. Fergus discovered that Fincham was a mole for the FARC and that he was offering them intelligence in exchange for money. That way, Fincham amassed £15 million. He framed Fergus as a traitor so as to protect himself. Fincham was later promoted to head of the security section within MI6 and used this to hunt down Fergus after he escaped Colombia.
When Danny's world is turned upside down and his life is in danger, it does not end with his escape from the authorities, in fact, it is merely the beginning. Danny Watts however is determined to uncover the truth after discovering that the media published news alleging his grandfather of stealing money while on a covert operation. Elena began helping them again by giving them what they needed and by hacking into George Fincham's e-mail to discover his plans.
Towards the end of the book Fergus is captured by MI6 a team ran by what is called the firm so Danny resolves to free him, with the help of Eddie Moyes and Elena. Upon arrival at the MI6 compound Eddie Moyes decides to flee, leaving the two teens behind. After successfully breaking in and liberating Fergus the three of them attempt to escape with the aid of a woman (Marcie Devereaux), who tells Fergus to 'make it look good' so as to eliminate suspicion. Fergus responds by knocking her unconscious and breaking her jaw. Before they can escape the now unneeded distraction by Moyes draws out the MI6 members. Fergus knocks one of them down and steals their gun, promptly a firefight ensues with Moyes being shot and killed. The agents, distracted by Moyes' body, allow Elena, Danny and Fergus to escape.
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