BATTLE BOY 1 - OPEN FIRE

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Eleven year-old Napoleon Augustus Smythe is hurtling through Time and Space. To the year 1587. To the Battle of Cadiz, a mighty clash between English and Spanish warships. This is his very first mission as Battle Boy 005 - a major agent in Operation Battle Book - and so being a total novice to the whole deal, anything can happen.

(CLASSIFIED) MISSION 1: OPEN FIRE
- Spain, 1587, Sir Francis Drake's ship
- Mission objective: collect Drake's DNA for the Warrior Gene Bank

OPERATIVE PROFILE:
Code name: Battle Boy 005 (BB005)
Real name: Napoleon Augustus Smythe
Age: 11 years old
Assignment: Operation Battle Book
Controller: Professor Perdu
Duty: To operate as a Human Data-Collecting Device (HD-CD)
Survival gear: SimulSkin (high-tech, skin-coloured body armour)
Mission motto: Spying on the past

AUTHOR INFORMATION

To protect the identity of his military sources, very little can be revealed about Charlie Carter. We can, however, say this: he is a well known operative in the field of children's books.