When Rick lost the ability to run, he came one step closer to becoming a hero. -- Booklist.
With just the right cliff-hanger ending, this trilogy opener shows promise. an imaginative mix of gaming action with real-life stakes. . .
Edgar Award-winning Klavan\'s well-orchestrated fantasy thriller features . or cost him everything. . . and failed to return? In the tradition of Ender\'s Game and The Matrix , Mindwar is a complex thriller about a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovers a hidden gift--a gift that could make him a hero . . .
Why would a government agency act so aggressively? Can anyone inside the Realm be trusted? How many others have entered before him .
Even after Rick agrees to help, he can\'t shake the sense that he\'s being kept in the dark.
But this is no game, there are no extra lives, and what happens to Rick in the Realm happens to Rick\'s body in reality.
Entering the Realm will give Rick what he thought he\'d never have again: a body as strong and fast as it was before the accident.
The agents want Rick, quick-thinking quarterback and gaming master, to enter the Realm and stop the madman--before he sends America into chaos. from transportation to defense. . .
Government agents have uncovered a potentially devastating cyber-threat: a Russian genius has created a digital reality called the Realm, from which he can enter, control, and disrupt American computer systems .
Dangerous attention.
But Rick\'s uncanny gaming skills have attracted attention.
He disappeared into his bedroom--and into the glowing video screen.
He ignored his girlfriend.
He disavowed his triumphant past.
But when a car accident left him crippled, Rick\'s life as he knew it ended.
Number 12.
Unstoppable.
Unflappable.
Rick Dial was the best quarterback Putnam Hills High School had ever seen.
He laid the game controller aside on the sofa and reached for his crutches.
New High Score New Record Time Rick nodded with grim satisfaction.
When Rick lost the ability to run, he came one step closer to becoming a hero
