Animals have been fused with technology in this exciting children's novel, which has been described as Watership Down meets The Terminator - an action-packed, animal fable mash-up. At the newly built Greenacres Military Base, Professor Windar's amazing team of cyborgs are unveiled. Their purpose: to support the UK's fight against global terrorism. But when his deadliest prototype malfunctions, the inhabitants of Greenacres find themselves entangled in a fight for survival like no other. Claws clasp, feathers fry, and microchips meddle as a new breed of hero is born. Can the future of humanity and animalkind be saved by Spikez? Like the kindle version of Spikez, the book is alive with technology. Simply zap one of the many QR codes and be taken to free bonus content; such as: diary entries, character profiles, cool hedgehog facts, videos and downloadable .mp3 tracks - all made exculsively for the novel.

"Meet Spikez, a hedgehog hero for those who want more out of life than to run, jump, and collect golden rings. Armed rather more offensively than the traditional covering of prickles, he is the result of some fast-track evolution from Professor Windar - and is called upon to risk everything in defence of his woodland home. Close to the surface of lasers and computers is another story, one that will easily leap out at any reader, young or old. And that is, nature is pretty amazing in its own right. I believe that the best way to get people hooked on the natural world is to tell them great stories - and this is such a story. So dive deep into the world of Spikez and his friends and next time you are out in the wilds, see if you cannot magic up a little of the techno-whizz yourself." Hugh Warwick, ecologist & author, A Prickly Affair: The Charm of the Hedgehog (Penguin).