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Another terrifying sci-fi page-turner from the author of The Tomorrow Code ! Las Vegas is gone—destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic near-future,... read more

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  • Sam Wilson: Sam is a computer geek/hacker that knows more than just about everybody in the world. He always pulls through just in time.
  • Dodge: He is a very technical guy who is tough and works very hard.
  • Vienna: The main female character in the book. She is also the main love interest of Sam.
  • Tyler: Tyler works with the "children" to save the world.
  • Ursula: Ursula is the training program for the Neuro Headsets, but eventually turns into a representation of the being that is the collective mind of the world.
  • John Jaggard: Mr. Jaggard is a hard ass army guy that turns out to have a heart after all.
  • Sam: Smart,cool knows what he's doing
  • Kiwi: Add a description of this character.
  • Wheeler
  • Brenda
  • Hutchens
  • Neoh
  • Olivia
  • Taylor
  • Brewer
  • Jackson
  • Geiger
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  • “"I'd die for a cheeseburger right now, and a big soda with lots of ice."”
    Sam Wilson
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  • So be good. Be nice. Be honest. Live your life as if it matters how you live it. Because it does.
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  • but you gotta get your head out of your butt before you fart and suffocate yourself.”
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  • “ ‘Wireless security’ is a contradiction in terms. Like ‘military intelligence’ or ‘jumbo shrimp.’ ”
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  • Washington Post’s. Their headline writers must have been on a coffee binge, because they screamed National Disaster in size-40 type when their presses finally came back online.
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First Sentence edit see section history

On Friday, on his way to school, Sam Wilson brought the United States of America to its knees.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue

Part 1 - Beginnings

1. Dirty Tricks
2. Telecomerica
3. Chaos
4. Ursula
5. Freaks and Geeks
6. The White House
7. Neoh@ck
8. Kiwi
9. The Library
10. The Wreck
11. Prison Break

Part 2 - Revelations

1. Silicon Valley
2. Last Line of Defence
3. Lockdown
4. Peach Bottom
5. Vienna
6. Fargas
7. Sharks
8. The Raid
9. Victoria
10. UAS
11. Bigger Fish
12. First Class
13. Chicago
14. The Apartment
15. Swamp Witch
16. The Phantom

Part 3 - Wisdom

1. Ranger
2. Jaggard
3. Escape
4. Vienna
5. The Great Mall
6. The Search
7. The Phantom
8. Exit Strategy
9. The Crypt
10. CNN
11. Capture
12. Darkness
13. The Valley of Death
14. Sin City
15. The Awakening
16. Resistance
17. Toys
18. The Desert
19. Recovery
20. Memories
21. The Coming of the War
22. Sticks and Stones
23. The Dam
24. Refugees
25. The Border
26. Diversion
27. Freedom Road
28. Infection
29. Full-Frontal Assault
30. Birth
31. Death
32. Sam

Epilogue

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  1. Brian Falkner (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker Books
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9781921150951
Page Count: 438

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

12+

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