about the author

P.J. Anderson is an award-winning former Melbourne crime journalist. He has written seven true crime books. His debut adult crime novel, The Robbers, was shortlisted for a prestigious Australian Ned Kelly Award in the Best First Fiction category.After completing a university course, he now works in the education system in a learning support role.This is his first work of young adult fiction.

about the book

Tim Ross isn’t part of the ‘cool’ crowd. He can’t play sport, he’s awkward with girls and he has few friends on Insta and Facebook. He hates change and isn’t adventurous. So why did he agree to join his elder sister, Danni, on an end-of-school yacht trip off Queensland?While out at sea, Tim and Danni witness a mystery spacecraft crash into a nearby island. Reluctantly, they investigate.As they do, United Nations peace-keeping soldiers are deployed to respond. Leading the top-secret unit is former Australian soldier, Brett ‘Scorpion’ Tanner. His unit includes neo-punk chick ‘Jinx’ – a feisty Japanese rookie – and former British soldier Leonard ‘Snowman’ Frost – a violent man of war just as deadly as the blood-crazed aliens the unit is destined to encounter.Zenith Island is an exclusive Whitsunday resort with five-star facilities and a fantastic fun park. It’s here where Tim and Danni, and a group of desperate others, must band together to fight for their lives.As battles for survival rage, certain things become clear. The aliens aren’t the only threat; some people are monsters. And desperate situations can change us all.

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FIRST ZENITH PUBLIC SPEAKING PRESENTATION

With Zenith’s release date only a week away (June 30), I’m really looking forward to speaking to Year 7 to 12 students and teachers at the Melbourne college where I work as a teacher support office ........

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LEAKED ACE UNIT 41 OPERATOR FILES – HIGHLY CLASSIFIED

Readers, check out these top-secret United Nations Security Council ACE Unit files. Warning: There is a worldwide suppression order banning publication of this material.[iframe 1][iframe 2][iframe 3 ........

AN INSIDE LOOK AT ACE UNIT HISTORY AND WEAPONRY

Back in the mid-1990s, an extraordinary meeting of the UN General Assembly passed a classified vote to create Alien Capture/Eradication peacekeeping units as a special line of defence. The units ar ........

AUTHOR P.J. ANDERSON OFFERS AN INSIGHT INTO THE WRITING PROCESS

Transformation and the discovery of one’s identity are two of Zenith’s key themes. During the events in Zenith, the main characters, including the female aliens, all experience change – be it on a ........

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