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Tom spends most of his life skipping school and playing virtual reality video games, following in the footsteps of his gambler father. Then the government tracks him down, and invites him to become one of the elite soldiers who pilot the spacecraft warring over drilling rights on other planets. It's perfect, because he would basically be playing video games for a living. The only catch? They'll insert neural processors into his brain, making him part computer.
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What an incredibly fun romp of a book!!!
Derivative? Absolutely!! Fun & entertaining? without a doubt! Take the set-up of Ender's Game, stir in the characters from Harry Potter (and it took me a while to see this - first I realized Blackburn was Snape, and much later I realized Tom, Vik, Wyatt, and Yuri are Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville - I'm willing to bet money this author got her start writing Harry Potter fanfic), change the setting to Washington D.C. a few generations in the future, spri ...more
Derivative? Absolutely!! Fun & entertaining? without a doubt! Take the set-up of Ender's Game, stir in the characters from Harry Potter (and it took me a while to see this - first I realized Blackburn was Snape, and much later I realized Tom, Vik, Wyatt, and Yuri are Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville - I'm willing to bet money this author got her start writing Harry Potter fanfic), change the setting to Washington D.C. a few generations in the future, spri ...more
An exciting dystopian story, loved the teenaged boys' humor, very true.
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Perfect for fans of Ender's Game.
In the future, WWIII is being fought over control of precious resources by corporations in space via teenagers hooked up to the warships through their neural implants. Sound familar? Perhaps, but if you give this book a try, you WILL find an entertaining and suspenseful science-fiction tale that IS reminisceient of Ender but also wholly unique and original. Thouroughly enjoyable. ...more
In the future, WWIII is being fought over control of precious resources by corporations in space via teenagers hooked up to the warships through their neural implants. Sound familar? Perhaps, but if you give this book a try, you WILL find an entertaining and suspenseful science-fiction tale that IS reminisceient of Ender but also wholly unique and original. Thouroughly enjoyable. ...more
It took me waaaay too long to finish this, and I definitely did not enjoy it as much as everyone else, apparently.
3.5 stars
Some of the friendships and overarching themes in this book felt excessively tropey. Overall, though, this was a fun read. I definitely didn't see all of the twists coming, so that's a good sign. ...more
Some of the friendships and overarching themes in this book felt excessively tropey. Overall, though, this was a fun read. I definitely didn't see all of the twists coming, so that's a good sign. ...more
Dec 15, 2011
Sara ♥
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Michelle
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