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Gallery Books
December 2014
On Sale: December 8, 2014
ISBN: 1476738653
EAN: 9781476738659
Kindle: B00DPM7UGW
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Young Adult | Science Fiction | Thriller
The inspiration for the CBS TV show Intelligenceβa thrilling adventure thatβs βLord of the Flies meets Wolverine and Cool Hand Lukeβ (F. Paul Wilson, creator of Repairman Jack).
A champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has been shuffled from foster home to foster home. He canβt seem to stay out of troubleβusing his fists to defend weaker classmates from bullies. His latest incident sends his opponent to the emergency room, and now the court is sending Carl to the worst place on earth: Phoenix Island.
Classified as a βterminal facility,β itβs the end of the line for delinquents who have no home, no family, and no future. Located somewhere far off the coast of the United Statesβand immune to its lawsβthe island is a grueling Spartan-style boot camp run by sadistic drill sergeants who show no mercy to their young, orphan trainees. Sentenced to stay until his eighteenth birthday, Carl plans to play by the rules, so he makes friends with his wisecracking bunkmate, Ross, and a mysterious gray-eyed girl named Octavia. But he makes enemies, too, and after a few rough scrapes, he earns himself the nickname βHollywoodβ as well as a string of punishments, including a brutal night in the βsweatbox.β But thatβs nothing compared to what awaits him in the βChop Shopββa secret government lab where Carl is given something he never dreamed of.
A new lifeβ¦A new body. A new brain. Gifts from the fatherly Old Man, who wants to transform Carl into something heβs not sure he wants to become. For this is no ordinary government project. Phoenix Island is ground zero for the future of combat intelligence.
And for Carl, itβs just the beginningβ¦
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