
JUSTIN SOMPER
MY BOOKS
To date, I have written eleven books for middle-grade and teen readers, across three series. Read all about them and check out print and audio extracts here.
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Book Series
PIRATE ACADEMY:
The year is 2507. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun.
Step inside the elite PIRATE ACADEMY, where Jacoby Blunt, Jasmine Peacock and Neo Splice are amongst the young pirate apprentices, being trained by legendary pirate captains to become the best of the best. This is no ordinary school – the young pirate apprentices are trained in everything from Sailing and Swords through to Extreme Maritime Survival.
It’s a time of great change and increasing danger as the ruthless and mysterious League of True Pirates challenges the Pirate Federation for control of the oceans.
A swashbuckling new adventure series for readers aged 7+ set within the VAMPIRATES universe.
Click here to find out more about the books in my PIRATE ACADEMY series.
Book Series
VAMPIRATES:
The year is 2512. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun.
A vicious storm sees orphaned teenage twins Grace and Connor Tempest shipwrecked off the east coast of Australia. In the cold, cruel water, the twins are separated…
Connor is rescued by a notorious pirate ship, The Diablo – captained by flamboyant rule-breaker and pirate legend, Captain Molucco Wrathe. Wrathe is at war with everyone – from his ambitious Deputy Captain Wu Cheng Li to the all-powerful Pirate Federation. Soon, Connor too is caught in the dynamic and dangerous world of piracy.
Grace, meanwhile, is taken aboard a more mysterious vessel. The deck is painted red. The sails have a leathery texture, glimmering with veins of light. And the Captain is as enigmatic as the name of the ship. Could this be the legendary ship of Vampirates? And, if so, just how safe a place is it for Grace to sail on?
Each twin is determined to reunite with the other but their young lives have now taken drastically different courses. As they embrace new worlds and forge new friendships with the most extraordinary people, nothing is going to be the same as before.
An epic, genre-busting series for readers aged 10 +, which brings pirates and vampires into the same thrilling adventure story.
VAMPIRATES is currently in development as a major live-action TV series.
Click here to find out more about the books in my VAMPIRATES series.
Book Series
ALLIES & ASSASSINS:
A dark day dawns in the princedom of Archenfield.
Archenfield’s beloved ruler, Prince Anders, has been killed. His chosen heir is his sixteen-year-old brother Jared, who now ascends the throne. But, unlike Anders, Jared Wynyard never wanted the burden of power.
Prince Jared’s young life changes in a heartbeat and multiple pressures mount. He has to make the princedom safe from dangers from within the castle walls and beyond its borders. He has to find his brother’s assassin before the killer(s) can strike again. And, on top of this, he has to convince all the doubters that, after all, he might just make a viable ruler.
In a fiercely competitive, febrile court, there’s only one person Jared can trust – Asta Peck, niece and apprentice to the Physician. But, even with Asta’s help, the clock is ticking and the dangers from near and far are intensifying.
Fantasy and murder-mystery combine in this genre-busting duology, filled with dangerous and fascinating characters, suitable for readers aged 12+.
Click here to find out more about the books in my ALLIES & ASSASSINS series.
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