Ones and Zeroes
Ones and Zeroes by Dan Wells is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on January 16, 2018, featuring 432 pages in English. This book is set in a dystopian 2050 Los Angeles and follows the intense world of Overworld, a popular e-sport that offers participants a chance at fame and fortune. The story centers on Marisa Carneseca, who is on a quest to find a hacker named Grendel while her amateur team is invited to a prestigious tournament, Forward Motion. This opportunity could change her life and help her family escape their challenging circumstances.
Readers will discover a narrative filled with themes of ambition and danger as Marisa navigates the complexities of the tournament, which is fraught with corruption and conflict. The plot intertwines elements of science fiction and young adult fiction, exploring the impact of technology and digital media on society. As Marisa encounters Alain Bensoussan, an underground freedom fighter, she learns about the darker realities behind the tournament, highlighting the stakes involved in the game where winning may be the only path to survival.
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From Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the second book in a dark, pulse-pounding sci-fi-noir series set in 2050 Los Angeles.
Overworld. It’s more than just the world’s most popular e-sport—for thousands of VR teams around the globe, Overworld is life. It means fame and fortune, or maybe it’s a ticket out of obscurity or poverty. If you have a connection to the internet and four friends you trust with your life, anything is possible.
Marisa Carneseca is on the hunt for a mysterious hacker named Grendel when she receives word that her amateur Overworld team has been invited to Forward Motion, one of the most exclusive tournaments of the year. For Marisa, this could mean anything—a chance to finally go pro and to help her family, stuck in an LA neighborhood on the wrong side of the growing divide between the rich and the poor. But Forward Motion turns out to be more than it seems—rife with corruption, infighting, and danger—and Marisa runs headlong into Alain Bensoussan, a beautiful, dangerous underground freedom fighter who reveals to her the darker side of the forces behind the tournament. It soon becomes clear that, in this game, winning might be the only way to get out alive.
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