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'Enter the DARE awards ...make your dreams come true! The seven winners of the inaugural DARE awards are thrust together on a life-changing journey, to cross seven continents in seven days. But on the eve of their adventure, they receive The First Sign. Before they can solve the puzzle of the mysterious symbols, a deadly attack throws one of them into a terrifying fight for life. Soon, all seven are battling an epic seven-day countdown to destruction. Can they stand together and solve The Seven Signs before their time is up? Seven teenagers. Seven signs. Seven days to save the world! ' (Publication summary)

'The DARE Award winners’—Yasmin, Zander, Andy, Dylan, JJ, Isabel and Mila—have been caught in a deadly battle of wits with a mysterious enemy who isn’t afraid to kill. Too late, they learned that the First Sign predicted catastrophic attacks which have left Egypt in chaos. Yasmin is missing. Many more lives are at stake. With Andy and Dylan in police custody in LA, can the remaining four DARE winners unravel the Second Sign—seven new symbols—and stop The Signmaker’s destructive plan before the countdown ends?

'If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. Seven days to save the world.' (Publication summary)

'Exploding oil wells.

'Millions of cars out of control.

'Two DARE winners in mortal danger.

'After Andy and Dylan are caught in a fiery explosion, Zander, JJ, Yasmin, Mila and Isabel realise their only chance to stop the next attack is to get one step ahead of The Signmaker. But the evil mastermind is far from their only problem, with the DARE winners now on the run from police, government agents and sinister suited thugs. Nowhere is safe. No-one can be trusted. Can they stay free long enough to decode the Third Sign, stop the next attack and reveal The Signmaker’s true identity? If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. Five days left to save the world.' (Publication summary)

'A city in chaos. Seven in a desperate battle for survival. Billions across the world on the brink of apocalypse. The DARE Seven face danger from all sides: violent criminals are hunting them down, trigger-happy police suspect them of murder and The Signmaker keeps changing the rules of the game. As the clock keeps ticking towards the Fourth Sign, can Zander, Yasmin, Dylan, Andy, Isabel, Mila and JJ reach the next target and prevent the deadliest attack yet? Or will they fall victim as The Signmaker becomes ever more ruthless? If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. Four days left to save the world..' (Publication summary)

'RoboWorld’s robots are strong, armed and perfectly safe... until now. Now, they’re deadly weapons, with one thing on their minds... ‘Defend, destroy!’ While Zander lies dying on the ground, the rest of the DARE Seven are left to defend themselves with only small zap guns against a massive swarm of crazed robot animals—monkeys, tigers, growling lions, wolves, gorillas and more. It sounds like an awesome video game... except that it’s real. With the increasing intensity of The Signmaker’s sinister scheme, the next sign will lead to something even more dangerous than facing a pack of deadly robots. It will take the DARE winners into the heart of a jungle to face Bogota’s most despicable villain. If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. Three days left to save the world.' (Publication summary)

'Trapped in a cargo plane. High over the jungle. The DARE winners have no choice. They must jump! If they can get off the plane alive, and survive an attack by the remnants of Marco Bravo's army, the DARE winners will have to confront Felix Scott with all the evidence they have that he is The Signmaker. What will their enemy do if he's backed into a corner? From Bogota, Colombia, to Sydney, Australia, the DARE winners have to risk everything to get to the truth and stop The Signmaker's plan for world destruction-before time is up. But it's not just the clock that's against them. The tide is turning and they're about to face their most deadly challenge yet. If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. Two days left to save the world.' (Publication summary)

'One hero lost in a raging tsunami.

'One Sign pointing to a deadly battle.

'One day left until the end of . . . everything.

'With Sydney plunged into underwater chaos, the DARE winners are suspected of being responsible. After escaping from security officers, they must race to their final destination-- Felix Scott's mega-ship Infinite Horizon --and decode one last deadly sign. If they don't get this right, then it's game over-- not just for them, but for the whole world. The DARE winners will have to use all their wits to stop The Signmaker. But after a mind-blowing secret is revealed in Antarctica, they're in for a heart-stopping final face-to-face battle with an unimaginable enemy. Who will live and who will die? If you could be a hero, would you DARE? Seven Signs. One day left to save the world.' (Publication summary)