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Scalzi, John, 1969-
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Virus diseases -- Fiction.
Virtual reality -- Fiction.
Epidemics -- Fiction.
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Scalzi, John, 1969-
Virus diseases -- Fiction.
Virtual reality -- Fiction.
Epidemics -- Fiction.
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Head
on / John Scalzi.
by
Scalzi, John, 1969-
Tor, c2018.
Call #:
FICTION SCA
Subjects
Virus diseases -- Fiction.
Virtual reality -- Fiction.
Epidemics -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780765388919 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
335 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"A novel of the near future"--Cover.
"A stand-alone, near future thriller set in the Lock in universe"--Book jacket.
Summary:
"Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's
head
and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it. Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. Is it an accident or murder? FBI agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth--and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field."--From publisher.
Genre:
Science fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Horror fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
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Jun 19, 2024
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