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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 Intelligence—a
thrilling adventure that’s “Lord of the Flies meets
Wolverine and Cool Hand Luke” (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 can’t
seem to stay out of trouble—using 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 “terminal facility,” it’s 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
States—and immune to its laws—the 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 “Hollywood” as well
as a string of punishments, including a brutal night in the
“sweatbox.” But that’s nothing compared to what awaits him
in the “Chop Shop”—a secret government lab where Carl is
given something he never dreamed of.
A new
life…A new body. A new brain. Gifts from the fatherly
Old Man, who wants to transform Carl into something he’s 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, it’s just the
beginning…
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