BZRK (BZRK, #1)

BZRK (BZRK #1)

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Love The Hunger Games? Action-adventure thrillers with a dystopian twist? BZRK (Berserk) by Michael Grant, New York Times best-selling author of the GONE series, ramps up the action and suspense to a whole new level of excitement.

Set in the near future, BZRK is the story of a war for control of the human mind. Charles and Benjamin Armstrong, conjoined twins and owners of t...more
Hardcover, 391 pages
Published February 28th 2012 by EgmontUSA
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karen

i think it was at page 178 when i checked out, mentally.

nerve fibers twitched, yanked the legs from nanobots, hurled others into flesh walls. what seemed like meters m-sub became mere inches m-sub as the spasm contracted nerve and wracked muscle.

vincent sent both his biots, half-crippled, but not dead just yet, no definitely not dead, straight into the confused mass of nanobots, plowed bodily into them with all the speed they could manage and kept thrashing ahead, dragging the microphages with t
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Edited on Dec 6th 2012: Can I just say, I actually enjoy the paperback cover? It's intriguing, dark and has a nice hint of a middle grade cover.
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First off: Damn you Michael Grant! Just as I have a story in mind involving nanotechnology, you produce a masterpiece that surely makes mine look weak. I declare you the king of nanotech.

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Now on to my review and I have one question to ask you.

What would you choose given the choice of free will or cohesiveness?

Well, basically this is what thi...more
Mike Mullin
Exactly what a YA thriller should be: smart, complex, plausible, and tense. Grant doesn't pander to his audience--the bad guys aren't wholly evil, and the good guys aren't always admirable. The near-future technology is imagined beautifully--the battlefields of BZRK are what we would get--will get--when predator drones and nanotechnology converge. Sadie's a tough-as-titanium heroine and Noah is likeable in an everyboy sort of way. Grant's writing suits the story perfectly, muscular and propulsiv...more
Emily May


I stayed up late to finish this and I really wish I hadn't bothered. In fact, I'm very surprised I managed it.

This book was a huge disappointment. This is because I had high expectations of Michael Grant after reading his imaginative Gone series, full of exciting characters with mutant powers that draws interesting comparisons between the struggling society created by the kids and our own world. Grant's books have never been perfect to me, I have often complained about the lack of a decent fema...more
Abyss
Recenze na blogu - http://abyss-mystery.blog.cz/1301/bzr...

Po dočtení: To si ze mě utahujete?! Takhle to fakt skončilo? :D A já nemám druhý díl? :D

- Ale všechna čest našemu překladateli, kniha je plná neobvyklých popisů a věcí, které se prostě jinak nevidí, takže si určitě máknul, aby to pak pro nás bylo stravitelné :)) -

Malé zádrhelky BZRK má, některá rozhodnutí jsou třeba moc složitá či naopak příliš jednoduchá, ale jinak je ten nápad perfektní a Grant se fakt nebojí lidi rozcupovat... A hlav...more
Sam
3.5/4 stars

You can’t go wrong with a Michael Grant book. BZRK is no exception.

This YA thriller showers its readers with science-fiction goodness, nanotechnology heaven, and a sprinkling of heart-stopping action. As always, Michael Grant weaves together a complex but suspense-filled plot, while managing to mould the most intriguing array of characters. From the first chapter, where the reader can only guess what BZRK actually is, right through to the end, where the reader is hanging on to every l...more
Kacennnka
„Tam dole v masu je divnej svět. A ze všeho nejdivnější jsme my.“

BZRK je zvláštní knihou. Neobvyklou, zajímavou, zmatenou a nabízející toho hodně do budoucna. S Michaelem Grantem nemám žádné zkušenosti, ale co jsem tak v okolí postřehla, je to dobrý autor. A opravdu tomu tak je, protože jak by špatný autor mohl sestavit knihu jako je tato?

V BZRKu v podstatě najdete nový svět. Svět nana, svět všeho, co není vidět pouhým okem. Svět tam dole v masu, uvnitř lidského těla. Chápu, že to asi zní zmat...more
Filip
Válka je věc špatná sama o sobě. Ničí lidi, pustoší vesnice a to vše řídí vysoce postavení lidé. Kde jsou ty doby, kdy se válčilo muž proti muži? Pryč. Nastává totiž nová éra. Éra strojů, robotů. A biotů. Díky nim uvidíte, jak vlastně vypadá smítko prachu z mikroskopické dálky. Jak vlastně vypadá roztoč, blecha, nebo oko? Stačí dotyk a jste pod nadvládou těchto strojů. V této „miniaturní“ válce existují lidé, kteří to ví a bojují. Oni tam totiž byli. Tam dole. Dole v nanu…

Pomocí naší a zvířecí D...more
Willinda
4,5*

Pokládáte si někdy otázky typu: jak vlastně zblízka vypadá ta prachová částice důležitě si trůnící na monitoru vašeho počítače? Nebo jak přesně vypadá ten drobný hmyzák lítající zrovna kolem vás? Nebo jak to vypadá v oku, lidském mozku nebo třeba cévách? Zda podobně jako v Byl jednou jeden život, a krvinky si při cestě tělem vyprávějí příběhy, anebo spíše jako mnohotvaré objekty proplouvající podivnou tekutinou? Mezi námi se vyskytují lidé, kteří vědí, jak to všechno vypadá. Oni tam totiž by...more
Elena
BZRK is a unique, fast-paced action packed roller-coaster of a ride…and I didn’t know what was going on half the time. I’m sure if I did though, I would enjoy this book a lot more! It zips through pretty quickly, the idea behind it is really interesting (victory or madness, what a great tagline!!), and the characters are likable enough. I’m sure it’s only my attention span and the fact that I get easily confused that hinders my enjoyment because everyone else seemed to get this book just fine. T...more
Courtney
I know a lot of people love this book, but for some reason, it just wasn't one of my favorites. Don't get me wrong, I love Michael Grant (I am obsessed with the Gone series!) but this book didn't manage to surprise me or keep me very entertained. I thought the idea of the nanotechnology was certainly interesting, but I was kind of bothered by how the writing would switch into the nano's perspective and just seem to drag on and on with all these details about how disturbing/fantastical it was to...more
Kayla


I can't even begin to express how good this book was.

But it sure is one big mindfuck . (literally, nanos going up to your brain and screwing you up for good? hm!)

I've always believed those mind control conspiracies and Michael Grant did not help one bit with that.

Kuddos to you, you kind Sir.

This book is full of perfection, action down in the meat and in the macro, and the plot and pacing of the story...



Now for the review



So, basically you have two sides.

Nexus Humanus ran by the Twins who believe...more
Nikki Finn
Jak začít... můj vztah k této knize mi nebyl pravděpodobně již od počátku přán. Nejdříve se recenzní kopie ztratila kdesi na cestě, takže se do mých rukou nedostala včas a já nemohla v požadovaném čase její čtení dokončit a přicházím s recenzí téměř s křížkem po funuse. Nicméně jsem se do toho vrhla a čekala na zázrak, jelikož tato kniha je opravdu ve všech směrech vychvalována a já si byla naprosto jistá, že mne čeká unikátní čtenářský zážitek. Problém byl v tom, že přes neskutečně slibný začát...more
David Holec
3,5 hvězdy! Včera večer začal, dneska večer skončil. Super námět, to se nedá popřít. Ať chci, nebo ne, nemůžu knize upřít fakt, že mě začala brát až někdy ve čtvrtině. Do té doby jsem byl zmatený jak lesní včela. 3,5 je ale nadprůměrné hodnocení, což si BZRK rozhodně zaslouží.
Petra Sýkorová
Michael Grant je šprýmař. Tedy alespoň takovým pohledem se na svět okolo sebe dívá a nikdy nezapomene utrousit nějakou trefnou a mírně sarkastickou poznámku. Čtenáři po celém světě si jeho knihy oblíbili právě díky jeho specifickému stylu vyprávění. O svém dětství říká, že bylo těžké. Tedy hlavně pro jeho rodiče. Narodil se v Kalifornii, ale během dětství a dospívání žil všudemožně – v Americe, 3 roky ve Francii a taky v Itálii. To vše díky tomu, že byl jeho otec voják z povolání. Většinu svého...more
ALPHAreader
In England, Noah Cotton visits his older brother, an ex-soldier, in a mental facility where he rages about ‘nanos’ and berserk.

Sadie McLure is at a football game while her brother and father fly in a private jet overhead, off to a meeting about their company, McLure Industries.

Bug Man is at the controls, about to change the very course of history.

And down in the meat, everything is coming together for disaster. . .

‘BZRK’ is the first book in a new and frightening YA series from Michael Grant.

No...more
Adeeb
You have to know that I am a HUGE Michael Grant fan. I love the Gone books.

First of all, look at this magnificent cover. It is very mysterious and fits perfectly with the story. I think it's ever designed in a better way than the Gone books(UK versions).

So I instantly picked this book up as soon as I found it in the bookstore. Because I love the Gone books, I had very high expectations for this book. Did it disappoint? Or did it exceed all my expectations? Read on to figure out.

I think the plot...more
Matt
[This review assumes you've read the book. If you haven't, you probably shouldn't read it. Or do.]

I'm starting to wonder if I have the same condition Victor has, and am unable to experience pleasure. Because despite the fact that this book has everything (or what is generally considered everything - cars, money, explosions, government conspiracy, political opinions and discussion, and evil deformed twin creatures) for some reason, I can't push it over to 4-5 star territory.

My issues with this:

Ch...more
Kayla
Honestly it was written by Michael Grant, does any thing else have to be said to convince you to read it?

The book launches you head first into a battle for control of the world, yet a battle that's so small we're oblivious to it. The battle takes place in he nano or "down in he meat" as a BZRKer would put it. Grant creates a completely terrifying yet captivating world that exists on our own bodies. BZRK will cause you to question everything you see looking in a mirror every day.

Definitely not...more
bobo the baboon (harry makinson)
this book is a dystopian fiction it is about people who can control microscopic creatures and use them to change the way people think. there are to groups afgc (Armstrong fancy gifts corp) and BZRK. afgc want to turn the world into one united creature and BZRK wants to stop it. I enjoyed this book because it makes you think about what is happening.
Buchdoktor
Die schlechte Nachricht zuerst: von einem Thriller hätte ich eine fesselndere Handlung erwartet, von einem Science-Fiction-Thriller mehr technische Details zur Nanotechnologie und von einem Scifi-Thriller für Jugendliche differenziertere, nachvollziehbar handelnde Figuren.

Es geht um nicht weniger als die Weltherrschaft, die Macht über das halbe Dutzend leistungsfähiger Volkswirtschaften. Auftraggeber sind unter dem Deckmantel von AFGC, einer Firma für Geschenkartikel, offenbar die siamesischen Z...more
Csquared
Mar 30, 2013 Csquared rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Science fiction fans
This has a little of Innerspace, Osmosis Jones, and Honey I Shrunk the Kids in it, but with a war of who will save mankind. Because this has so many different viewpoints from various characters, some people will have problems following the story. At times I had to flip back and forth to try to remember which character is on the good side or bad side.

The first couple of chapters pulled me in with Noah's crazy brother and the Stone's plane crash into a football game. I wanted to keep reading to f...more
Denise
3.0 out of 5 stars - “Memory is elusive because it is spread across so much of the brain…Stab eight pins into it [the brain]. Draw lines between them. There’s your memory of your mother’s face, each pin a piece.”

BZRK is the story of two teenagers, Plath and Keats, who are thrown into the world of nanotechnology where the evil Armstrong twins with their army of twitchers and nanobots are attempting to take over the minds of the world’s most prominent figures. All that stands in their way is BZRK...more
Petit-lips
Sadie et Noah sont deux adolescents dont la vie va être bouleversée à jamais. Sadie est une jeune américaine de dix-sept ans qui perd brutalement son père et son frère dans un crash d'avion. Noah est un adolescent anglais dont le frère est interné dans un hôpital psychiatrique.
Leurs destins vont se retrouver liés lorsque l'organisation BZRK va entrer dans leurs vies. Ils découvrent alors qu'un complot se trame, visant les plus hauts chefs d’États. Leurs ennemis sont dirigés par les jumeaux Armst...more
Paula Hase
Welcome to the Nano! Michael Grant spins a tale of espionage that causes the reader to question how nanotechnology might be used in the future for mind control and human domination. The story opens with Noah Cotton visiting his brother Alex in a psychiatric hospital. Alex is shackled to his bed and repeatedly murmurs, “Nano, nano, nano…” Noah is distraught by the change in his brother: he went from serving in Afghanistan and earning the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to invalid in danger of harming...more
Sarah
"BZRK 1" ist der Auftakt einer futuristischen Trilogie von Michael Grant, die sich am ehesten als actionreicher Science-Fiction-Thriller beschreiben lässt. Mit kleinen Abstrichen hat es mir schon sehr gut gefallen und sollte sowohl männliche als auch weibliche Leser ab 14 Jahren ansprechen können.

Inhalt: Noahs Bruder, einst als Soldat sein großes Vorbild, sitzt als völliges Wrack in der Psychatrie. Sadies Familie, ihr Vater und ihr Bruder, sterben bei einem Flugzeugabsturz, bei dem auch sie schw...more
Nick
Overall, I did think this was a pretty good book that kept me interested throughout and until the very end. However, if you're expecting it to be like Grant's Gone series (which is fantastic if you haven't read those), you'll be a bit disappointed unfortunately.
On the back cover, it emphasized the "choosing the right side" theme a lot, but it only highlighted this in the actual book once or twice, at least I thought. It seemed that Plath and Keats were just thrown onto the BZRK side whether the...more
Lucille
From reading Grant's Gone series, I knew that he has a wild imagination and isn't squemish about killing characters or going into gory detail. I was still shocked/disturbed/grossed out by some of the things in this book, which I think is a good thing. It put me on edge, it made me cringe in my seat, and it made me want to keep reading.
At some point in the future, nano technology has advanced to a level that people can control microscopic biots and nanobots. These are the new tools of modern war...more
Heather
Our society is continually making scientific advances, but none more complex than those found in the world of BZRK. There are two warring forces so small they cannot be seen by the human eye but so powerful they can change the course of humanity. Nanobots are mechanical robots that can enter any part of the human body through a single touch. They are controlled by twitchers, usually teenagers who are adept at functioning in the video game style nano world. Nanobots and their twitchers work for t...more
Sam
Zusammenfassung:
Noah trifft in einer Psychiatrie auf seinen älteren Bruder, der, nachdem er in Afghanistan gedient hat, vollkommen verrückt geworden ist. Er erkennt Noah nicht mehr und die einzigen Worte, die er wiederholt herausbringt sind “mikro”, “makro”, “nano”, “Berserker” und der Name “Bugman”. Noah versucht herauszufinden, was mit seinem Bruder geschehen ist und geht davon aus, dass der Übeltäter Bugman ist. Daraufhin versucht er sich bei diesem für seinen Bruder zu rächen.

Sadie hingegen...more
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I was born in a manger and grew up in a log cabin where I read law books by firelight. . . Oh, wait, that wasn't me, that was someones else.

I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me. I was an Army brat, moved around a lot. Then I didn't settle down. I just kept moving. Why? What inner turmoil drove me? Mmmm, I gotta say none. I just have a short attention span. Easily bored...more
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