A group of very special teenagers. Each with an incredible power, they live together, protected by the government. Out in the ordinary world they know they must not use their powers. But good intentions are easy . . . following them through is another matter. With his supernatural ability to conjure spectacular illusions, Spook Williams knows he is destined for greatness. So when he's kidnapped by a celebrity magician claiming to be his real father, he can't help but be intrigued . . . Very soon, Spook is living the dream: bathing in a jacuzzi aboard a luxury yacht, rubbing shoulders with billionaires, and spending time with gorgeous magician's assistant, Kamilah . . . But when he is asked to take part in a daring heist, will Spook be able to resist this opportunity to flex his powers?

5 star Amazon review for A Life and Death Job: I love Ali Sparkes' books - and pinch them off my Grandsons as soon as I can. Unleashed . . . is brilliantly researched and quite 'dark' in places but as usual, so exciting you really don't want to read it when you should be doing something else as you won't be able to put it down! I read quickly but two hours was going some even for me!!! Somehow Ali seems to make the impossible totally believable. MORE MORE MORE (especially Shapeshifters) please Ali!! * Amazon Reviewer *
Praise for Stirring the Storm (from the Shapeshifter series): fast paced adventure * Nikki Gamble, The Guardian *
Praise for Frozen in Time: I know now what they mean by a plot that is toe-curlingly good . . . brilliantly inventive and rollicking fantastical adventure * BookBag *
It was outstanding. It blew me away * Jamie Fenlon, judge on the Blue Peter Book Award panel *

Ali was a local newspaper reporter and columnist before joining BBC local radio as a producer and presenter, and then chucked in the safe job to be dangerously freelance and write scripts and manuscripts. Her first venture was as a comedy columnist on the BBC Radio's top-rated 'Woman's Hour' and 'Home Truths' programmes. In 2010 she won the Blue Peter Best Book of the Year Award for Frozen in Time. Ali lives with her husband and two sons in Southampton.