Head On
$28.78
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
23 April 2018
Summary
To some left with nothing, winning becomes everything.
In a post-virus world, a daring sport is taking the US by storm. It’s frenetic, violent, and involves teams attacking one another with swords and hammers. The aim: to obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. Impossible? Not if the players have Hayden’s Syndrome. Unable to move, Hayden’s sufferers use robot bodies, which they operate mentally. So in this sport, anything goes, no one gets hurt—and crowds and c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509835102 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509835105 |
| Author: | John Scalzi |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 23 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 226g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
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Scalzi takes his work to an entirely new level
Scalzi takes his work to an entirely new level – Cory DoctorowVery clever, wonderfully satisfying fun * Kirkus *A fun, breezy thriller, one that showcases a world that carries with it some extremely astute commentary on some of the real problems that we face in our own * The Verge *Scalzi expands his complex future with master strokes, balancing buddy-cop wryness with thought-provoking social and political commentary. This taut mystery, filled with memorable characters in a well-constructed world, will keep readers on the edges of their seats * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
About The Author
John Scalzi
John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His debut, Old Man’s War, won him science fiction’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, and also Redshirts, which won 2013’s Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog The Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.
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