Second in the series about Suki and Finch, the
exciting
adventure continues as two young students track down the
world's wild cats both large and small. Travelling through
Asia, they are watched by the EYE OF THE DRONE. This
graphic novel is really well illustrated by Muhammad
Tauhidul Iqbal Sampad, with three-D effect characters in
pictures of stunning landscape and beautiful wildlife. The
author Rebecca Merry Murdock has put together another
riveting adventure and plenty of nature facts.
The cover shows our two heroes, with their bobcat friend
and falcon friend, running on the Great Wall of China as a
spy drone hovers behind them. How did they get there? In
the first book we saw that the students signed up for a
world tour to count and study wild cats, beginning in North
America and Canada. Then they moved west to Asia. This book
covers Russia, Mongolia, China and Nepal. From the
surprising start on the frozen river Volga in Moscow, the
duo will have to travel to forest land–we are told
Russia has the greatest amount of global forests. But poor
Finch has caught flu and it's winter. Meanwhile we see a
spy satellite put into orbit by a giant corporation that
wants to buy up huge amounts of timber land around the
world to exploit the wood, and plant oil palm trees
instead. These kinds of firms have no love for nature
conservation heroes like Suki and Finch.
The Siberian woods turn up a handsome Eurasian Lynx, and
the other cats spotted on this leg are the huge Siberian or
Amur Tiger, the Snow Leopard, the Asiatic Golden Cat and in
Nepal, the tiny Pallas's Cat. But while Suki and Finch are
spotting cats, who is spotting them? Soon they are in big
trouble.
The next book will take us to Southern Asia including Japan
and the Philippines. Don't know about you, but I can't
wait. EYE OF THE DRONE is a thrilling read, which will suit
any young people who want to know what is going on in the
world and just how endangered the remaining wild cats have
become.
Suki and Finch arrive in Moscow on a cold winter's day.
Following a setback they finally travel east to look for
Eurasian Lynx and Siberian Tigers. Parts of the Russian forest
are being destroyed by illegal logging. Suki and Finch devise a
plan to protect the trees - home to the cats and other wild
animals. Their activities attract the attention of K-POG, the
transnational company who wants global domination of all
forests. K-POG has spent billions on surveillance, including
satellites and armies of drones. Will Suki and Finch be able to
escape detection? Will they be able to continue their quest to
protect wild cats and their forest homes?
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