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276 pp.
| HarperTeen |
September, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-073758-0$16.99
(3)
YA
Josh's skill in a virtual reality zombie-hunting game gets him recruited for a real-life version. He becomes suspicious of the game organizer's motives when he encounters overly realistic "animatronic" zombies and a recreational drug that mimics a zombie's instinct-only mental state. Though the novel starts off like an Ender's Game derivative, Ford raises thoughtful questions about humanity's own capacity for monstrosity and mindlessness.