School friends Jake, Kellogg, Lemon, Fatyak and Rufus, self-named The Outcasts are in possession of government organisation, The Reach's most powerful weapon: an ancient cylinder containing a live thunderbolt.

The Reach want it back, and they are willing to kidnap one of the friends to get it, but The Outcasts won't stand by and watch. Instead, they hijack a van and head to Drake Manor - the house where The Reach get their orders.

Inside the eerie manor, it's a fight to the end, as The Outcasts demand to know why they still have out uncontrollable superpowers. But all to soon, the friends realise this house is full of secrets. Could this be be the house of the ancient Gods themselves?

If so, will the group be able to defeat Zeus, the one known in ancient mythology as the God of Thunder ...

This is book 3 in Outcasts .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

David Grimstone was born in Margate on 25th January 1978. When he was a boy, he was often accused of daydreaming and `drifting off` during classes. He once let in five goals during a PE football match because he thought he`d seen a sparrow-hawk and went to investigate. The only two lessons he loved at school were English and History. David lives in Kent with his wife, Chiara, and their son Sebastian.