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It would take a very special person to crack the computer systems of the White House. An expert. A genius. A devil. All of the above, some would say. Someone like Sam Wilson, brilliant teenage computer hacker. But Sam's obsession is about to lead him into a dangerous world. A world of espionage and intrigue; of cybercrime and imminent war. A world where logging on to your computer could mean the difference between life and death.

ISBN: 9781921150951
Classification: Science fiction (Children's/YA) , Thrillers (Children's/YA)
Format: Paperback (200mm x 130mm x mm)
Pages: 438
Publish Date: 1-Sep-2009
Country of Publication: Australia

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4 star rating by Boomert - Brainjack by Brian Falkner 13 Jan 2010
Brainjack is the latest offering from award winning New Zealand-based author Brian Falkner. It’s a fastpaced action novel set in the not-too-distant future in which a brilliant young computer hacker fights to stop the human race from being obliterated. Sam Wilson is a talented and immensely likeable teenage computer hacker. But Sam’s fixation on cyber space leads him into a dangerous world that includes espionage, intrigue and cyber terrorists. This technothriller is full of danger and excitement that touches on complex scientific and philosophical issues in an accessible way that younger readers over 12 will find both fascinating and enjoyable. Falkner successfully infiltrates the enigmatic world of the cyber hacker while the active nature of the text makes it good fodder for a film script. The narrative is gripping and the characterisations are believable. There is a fair amount of technical jargon, which this reader (a self confessed technophobe) is assuming is do-able, however in no way does the computer speak hamper the integrity of the story nor the flow of the action. Instead it rather adds to the sense of mystery while assisting in creating the context and environment within which Sam is existing.

This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine (March 2009, Vol 88, No 6.) is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

Author Biography: Brian Falkner
Brian Falkner was born and raised in Auckland. He is the author of several novels for children including, The Flea Thing (shortlisted for the LIANZA Esther Glen Award, 2004), The Real Thing, and The Super Freak (shortlisted, New Zealand Post Book Awards, 2006), as well as the action adventure sci-fi novel, The Tomorrow Code which was shortlisted for the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults and the Esther Glen Award at the LIANZA Awards, both in 2009.

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Real Thing, Paperback (August 2007)
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Real Thing, Paperback (April 2004)
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