Title:
Warcross
[Warcross #1]
Author:
Marie
Lu
Genre:
Young
Adult, Science fiction, Fiction
Publisher:
G.P.
Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Publishing
date: September 12th 2017
Pages:
353
Rating
★★★★☆
Hello I can
finally review this book that was one of my most anticipated reads of 2017.
Warcross is set in a futuristic world where technology of augmented
reality has advanced a lot thanks to a young man, Hideo Tanaka. Hideo created a
thing called Neurolink, glasses that
let the user see elements of augmented reality in their surroundings and lets
them play a popular game called Warcross,
created by Tanaka too. The obsession with
Warcross started ten years ago and
its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others
hoping to make a profit.
The
book follows the story of Emika Chen a girl who’s struggling to make ends meet;
she is
teenage hacker who works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who
bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one,
and survival has not been easy. Needing to make some quick cash, Emika takes a
risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the
action and become an overnight sensation.
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| Emika Chen |
Convinced
she’s going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from
the game’s creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible
offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year’s tournament in order to
uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time
to lose, Emika’s whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and
fortune that she’s only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a
sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.
