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The rebellious, high-profile daughter of the U.S. President who finds her protection detail suffocating. Series Context and Style

Bodyguard: Recruit (Book 1) by Chris Bradford is the opening installment in a contemporary Young Adult thriller series that follows teenage martial arts expert Connor Reeves as he is recruited into a top-secret training program designed to protect high-profile peers. Published in 2017 by Penguin, this 272-page novel merges high-stakes action with realistic close-protection tactics.

Author Chris Bradford, known for the Young Samurai series, underwent intensive close-protection training to ensure the bodyguard techniques, tactics, and procedures in the novel are realistic.

Connor undergoes rigorous, "method-written" training, including surveillance, anti-ambush drills, hostage survival, and unarmed combat, designed to prepare him for dangerous, real-world missions.

Recruit is followed by Hostage (Book 2), Hijack (Book 3), Ransom (Book 4), Ambush (Book 5), Survival (Book 6), and Target (Book 7).

Connor is assigned to protect Alicia, the US President's teenage daughter, who is trying to evade her Secret Service protection to live a normal life.

A skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice, determined to follow in his father's footsteps.