The Yellowcake Conspiracy

Description:

A grippping tale of murder, espionage and nuclear terrorism.'Get back on the bus!' One of the policemen was walking towards them holding his pistol. Haroun flicked on his helmet-lamp and peered in through the window of the car. Claude Gerard was dead! When the Director of the Saharan uranium mine where he works is mysteriously murdered, fourteen year-old Haroun embarks on a dangerous new role as a spy in the service of the French Government. A shocking conspiracy is unearthed - somebody is trafficking 'yellowcake', a key ingredient in the production of nuclear bombs. Faced with the threat of the yellowcake falling into the hands of a rogue state, time is running out...

subjects: Fiction,  Thriller,  Uranium mines and mining,  Juvenile fiction,  Employees,  Crimes against,  Intelligence service,  Nuclear terrorism,  Prevention,  Extortion investigation,  Uranium enrichment,  Terrorism, fiction,  Mystery and detective stories,  Mines and mineral resources, fiction,  Children's fiction,  Crime, fiction,  France, fiction,  Africa, west, fiction