

There is one chapter where most the story is unfolded in a series of flashbacks, which felt a tad obvious, but the hints and build up are gripping, and the consequences afterwards are great. It was full of secrets and lies to be peeled back to work out what happened to him and how he went from Hideo’s younger brother to an unemotional hacker bent on bringing him down. I liked this book, read it one night, wanting to know how Emika was going to stop Hideo, and what Zero’s character arc would be (I tend to read the acknowledgements first and attention was drawn to the arc there, which piqued my curiosity). Lesson learnt – book review before a new book. I’m sitting here, staring at a blank blog post trying to remember anything about the book.

This review may be shorter than usual, because I didn’t write it immediately after finishing.

But Emika soon learns that Zero isn’t all that he seems–and his protection comes at a price.Ĭaught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves? Someone’s put a bounty on Emika’s head, and her sole chance for survival lies with Zero and the Blackcoats, his ruthless crew. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo’s new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one person she’s always looked up to, who she once thought was on her side.ĭetermined to put a stop to Hideo’s grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive.
