Head On A Novel Of The Near Future

Scalzi, John

ISBN 10: 125018892X / ISBN 13: 9781250188922

Published by TOR, NY, 2018

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This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing). This copy is Signed by the author. NO other names. Seller Inventory # 050064

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Title: Head On A Novel Of The Near Future

Publisher: TOR, NY

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

From one of the most popular authors in modern SF, the sequel to his New York Times bestselling near-future thriller Lock In John Scalzi returns with Head On, the stand-alone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi's trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports. 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.

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