THE TRUTH APP is the latest craze in the town of Kelton. It listens to everyone around you and tells you if they're lying.

When the app goes viral, its teenage creator, Jarli, becomes famous overnight. But being a celebrity can be dangerous. Especially when you've just exposed everyone's deepest, darkest secrets.

Now everyone is out to get Jarli. Kids at school. Teachers. The police. Even his own family.

And the secret network of criminals based in Kelton have just added Jarli to their hit list.

The TRUTH doesn't always set you free...

10 stories. 10 dangerous situations. 10 brave kids.
30 minutes to escape.

George is trapped in a falling aeroplane with no engine and no pilot.

Milla is covered with radioactive waste and her hazard suit is running out of air.

Otto is in the darkest depths of the ocean, where something hungry is circling...

Jack Heath’s arresting book of short stories will fascinate and terrify during each full 30-minute count down, as ten nail-bitingly dangerous situations play out right down to the last crucial moment. Who will live and who will die?

Brad has fallen into the lion enclosure, and the big cats are hungry! Charith takes the wheel of an out of control bus after an explosion. Iresha hears strange noises... from beneath the seabed. Daniel crawls into a waste crusher after a building collapse–and then it gets switched on. Tak's class goes on excursion to an army base and now an experimental military robot is hunting them.

Jack Heath’s ten more nail-bitingly dangerous short stories will fascinate and terrify during each full 40-minute countdown, as the dangerous situations play out right down to the last crucial moment.

Who will live and who will die? 40 minutes of danger, in 30 minutes* of reading time!

* Based on average reading speed.

Kelton was the perfect hiding place. Until now...

A plane crash destroys a house in Kelton. The cause of the accident is a mystery and all the passengers are missing.

Jarli has been lying low since the crime boss known as Viper threatened his family. But then his Truth App uncovers a dangerous secret at the crash site–a secret Viper wants to stay buried. Suddenly Jarli is a target again. There's no-one he can trust, not even the police. He has to find out what else Viper is hiding before it's too late.

Lies can hurt, but the truth can kill...

10 STORIES10 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS10 BRAVE KIDS20 MINUTES TO ESCAPE...

Quinn gets thrown overboard into an icy ocean. Can he outwit the circling shark? Ashling is watching a history-making science experiment—but it's about to go horribly wrong... Oscar hides from two secret agents while something much more dangerous hunts all three of them!

Jarli is competing in a robot battle when he is approached by sinister government agents. They want him to use his lie-detector app at a conference to prove the defence minister is telling the truth.
The minister may not be lying, but someone else is. When one of the delegates is attacked, Jarli becomes the prime suspect. He can’t even use the Truth App to prove his innocence, because someone has hacked it.
Soon Jarli is on the run from the police, unable to trust anyone. Only one person could be behind this diabolical plan. Can Jarli stop Viper before it’s too late?
The truth never stays buried for long...

This is not a threat. I have no demands. This is a statement of fact. Leave...or die.

Meanwhile, Doug is trapped in Viper’s hidden prison. He’s been given up for dead by his family and friends...but he has a daring plan to ESCAPE.

Jarli and his friends are close to unmasking Viper, but the master criminal has spies everywhere. Can Jarli tell his friends from his enemies in time to thwart Viper’s final, terrible scheme?

The TRUTH won’t set them free...