Going to Ground

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Going to Ground
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Author Ali Sparkes
Cover artist David Wyatt
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Language English
Series The Shapeshifter
Genre Fantasy, Thriller
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication date
May 2007
Media typePaperback
Pages352
Preceded byRunning the Risk 
Followed by Dowsing the Dead  

Going to Ground is the third book in the Shapeshifter series of young adult novels by Ali Sparkes. It was first published in May 2007.

Plot summary

Following the events of Running the Risk, Dax and the other Colas are sent to recover. However, during this time off, Lisa experiences a vision which warns her that Gideon is in deadly peril. She and Dax attempt to rescue him, only to find that he is not actually in any sort of danger - at least not yet. But strange and unexplainable electrical faults are taking place all over the country, and the government seems to think that Gideon's powers are responsible. Now they will stop at nothing to find him and contain the threat they believe he poses. Gideon, Dax, Lisa, and Mia set off across the country attempting to outwit their pursuers while also trying to find the real cause of these electrical events to clear Gideon's name.

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