Erebos (Catalan Edition)

by Úrsula Poznanski, Carlota Vallès Ferré (Translator), Michael Steinmetz (Translator)

Overview

 Erebos és un misteriós joc d'ordinador que té molt d'èxit entre els estudiants. El joc té unes normes molt estrictes que ha de seguir: No parlaràs amb ningú sobre aquest joc, no comentaràs que hi jugues ni diràs mai a ningú el teu nickname. Erebos és un joc que ho sap tot de tu, les teves pors, les teves preferències, els teus desitjos. Erebos és molt addictiu, de fet, no pots deixar de jugar quan tu vulguis...Si ho intentes, entrarà a la teva vida, i la línea entre la vida virtual i la vida real començarà a esborrar-se.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788499328089
Publisher:	Grup 62
Publication date:	02/20/2012
Series:	L' illa del temps
Sold by:	Planeta
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	534 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years
Language:	Catalan

About the Author

Ursula Poznanski is an award-winning children's author. She lives in Vienna, Austria.

Editorial Reviews

Starred Review.

The lines between reality and fantasy blur in this stunning thriller, originally published in Germany. In London, a new computer game is making the rounds. Called Erebos, it's deceptively immersive, insidiously addictive, and so complex that it might even be alive. It insists on absolute secrecy and discretion from its players, rewards and punishes in strange ways, and recruits through word-of-mouth. When Nick Dunmore begins playing, he's quickly sucked in, learning the bizarre rules and advancing rapidly. However, he's forced to question his dedication after the game starts to exert its influence on the real world, asking him to perform "missions" with potentially hazardous consequences. When he and several other players investigate who or what is behind Erebos, they unravel a surprisingly personal vendetta at the heart of the game, driving players toward its ultimate, violent purpose. As the narrative moves fluidly between the real world and the game, Poznanski plays with expectations and perception, incorporating SF, mystery, and ghost story elements, along with solid characterizations. The result is a prescient page-turner and a provocative, believable portrayal of the seductive world of virtual gaming. Ages 12-up. Agent: AVA International.
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Publishers Weekly

A computer game with a hidden agenda entraps teen users into doing its bidding in this prizewinning import. Booting up a program that has fellow students stumbling exhaustedly into school or cutting classes altogether, Londoner Nick finds himself in Erebos. This violent realm of swords and sorcery is controlled by a yellow-eyed "messenger" who knows a startling amount about Nick from the outset and offers compelling incentives to keep him riveted to his computer. But along with being totally forbidden to talk about the game, Nick discovers that advancement within it requires him to perform missions in the outside world... increasingly disturbing, even harmful ones. Poznanski tightens the suspense nicely as Nick, refusing at last a command to poison a certain teacher, is permanently ejected from Erebos and then nearly murdered before he discovers the true, ugly purpose of the game. The mystery is unraveled thanks to a too-obvious clue, but the scary climax, a romantic subplot and plenty of thoroughly credible gaming add proper spark to a pageturner with amps aplenty. (Science fiction/thriller. 12-15)

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