Swarm Rising
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Tim Peake
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Summary
When Danny is kidnapped by Adi – who can run through brick walls and make cars drive on water – he realises that all humans are in danger。 Adi is part of a super-advanced hive mind， the Swarm， which intends to protect the Earth from the environmental catastrophe caused by the human race。
Adi – Alien Digital Intelligence in the form of a girl – can bend the laws of physics and control digital data， but as a digital being she wants to know what it’s like to be human。 Which is where Danny comes in。
But what exactly is the ‘help’ the secretive Swarm is offering？ Can Danny and his friend Jamila help Adi stop the Swarm Agents and give humanity a second chance？
Adi – Alien Digital Intelligence in the form of a girl – can bend the laws of physics and control digital data， but as a digital being she wants to know what it’s like to be human。 Which is where Danny comes in。
But what exactly is the ‘help’ the secretive Swarm is offering？ Can Danny and his friend Jamila help Adi stop the Swarm Agents and give humanity a second chance？
Reviews
Barbara Band
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Would appeal to fans of Christopher Edge books as it mixes science with adventure - this time with aliens。 Aimed at MG - though younger readers may get a bit bogged down with the science。
Hwee Goh
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In 1974， scientists sent an interstellar message from Arecibo， Puerto Rico to a star system 25，000 light years away。 It contained basic information about humanity and Earth。What if the aliens heard us？Danny Munday is just living his regular kid’s life， hanging out with his neighbour Jamila， when Mum returns home。 She’s a researcher in radio astronomy and they’ve just received a series of FRBs （or Fast Radio Bursts） she’s trying to decode。These FRBs are how ADI， short for Alien Digital Intelligen In 1974， scientists sent an interstellar message from Arecibo， Puerto Rico to a star system 25，000 light years away。 It contained basic information about humanity and Earth。What if the aliens heard us？Danny Munday is just living his regular kid’s life， hanging out with his neighbour Jamila， when Mum returns home。 She’s a researcher in radio astronomy and they’ve just received a series of FRBs （or Fast Radio Bursts） she’s trying to decode。These FRBs are how ADI， short for Alien Digital Intelligence， invades Danny’s digital life through the thumb drive into Mum’s laptop， the wifi system and then into his phone。 Imagine that？Adi is a scout for the aliens， who gave up on their physical form millions of years ago。 They exist only in “dataswarm” and are an intelligent hive mind。 As Adi gets to know Danny， and learns to appreciate simple pleasures in life， the dataswarm decides that the best way to save this ravaged earth， is to “advance” all seven billion of the humans into a deep， dark， seething mass of data。Danny， Jamila and Adi have to outwit the hive mind to save humanity。 This book by astronaut Tim Peake and writer Steve Cole is brilliant in concept but slightly patchy in execution。 It is rare to find a middle grade sci-fi piece of this complexity though， and budding sci-fi fans will be fascinated by this。 It reminds me of Prey by Michael Crichton， about hostile “humans” formed by a swarm of nano bots。 😮😮Thank you， @definitelybookskids for my Advance Reader Copy - the published title is now at bookstores。 。。。more
Sophie Crane
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I don't often pick up books written by celebrities， but I love kids' sci-fi so I had to try this out （and at least this one is not ghostwritten， Steve Cole's name is on the cover）。 I'm very glad I did， because I loved it。The story is very atmospheric， thrilling and occasionally chilling。 It's fast paced， action-packed and gripping; I couldn't put it down。I was mildly disappointed that a book Co-written by an astronaut didn't really capitalise on that: there was some science， but much less than， I don't often pick up books written by celebrities， but I love kids' sci-fi so I had to try this out （and at least this one is not ghostwritten， Steve Cole's name is on the cover）。 I'm very glad I did， because I loved it。The story is very atmospheric， thrilling and occasionally chilling。 It's fast paced， action-packed and gripping; I couldn't put it down。I was mildly disappointed that a book Co-written by an astronaut didn't really capitalise on that: there was some science， but much less than， say Christopher Edge puts in his middle grade novels; and the book was set mostly on Earth。 Still， that's not really a criticism of the book itself。I highly recommend this book， I loved it。 。。。more
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