Sands of the Scorpion
MISSION: Survival
LOCATION : The Sahara Desert
DANGERS: Diamond smugglers; heatstroke; scorpions.
When Beck Granger and his friend, Peter, join Beck's Uncle Al for a holiday in Africa, they aren't expecting to find themselves stranded in the Sahara Desert. But when they stumble upon a smuggling ring and have to bail out of a plane over the desert, Beck knows their chances of survival are slim.
Somehow they must find their way back to civilisation, but there are snakes, scorpions and the merciless rays of the sun to overcome first... This is a gripping African adventure packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!
About the Mission Survival Series
Books in series order
- 1.Gold of the Gods(2008)
- 2.Way of the Wolf(2009)
- 3.Sands of the Scorpion(2009)
- 4.Tracks of the Tiger(2010)
- 5.Claws of the Crocodile(2013)
- 6.Strike of the Shark(2013)
- 7.Rage of the Rhino(2014)
- 8.Lair of the Leopard(2015)
Reading age: 9+ years
Mission: Survival
Location: The World's Most Inhospitable Places
Dangers: You name it...
Luckily, Beck Granger is no ordinary teenager – he's the world's youngest survival expert. If anyone can make it out alive, he can.
Adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls shares his extensive knowledge of real survival strategies to craft an action-packed adventure series which is not only thrilling, but believable.