An epic new page-turner from the writer who gave us GONE. A global war is raging. You can't see it. It's inside you. And it changes everything. Sadie McLure wants to find her family's killers. Noah Cotton needs to know what drove his brother insane. Their search for answers will throw them into the astonishing world of the nano - where biots and nanobots battle for supremacy, and the twitchers who control it all fight to stay sane. It's a fight for free choice. Every day could be their last. They've never felt more alive. Escapism doesn't get more thrilling than this.
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"'... exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up. This is great fiction. I love these book.' (Stephen King, bestselling author.)"
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Michael Grant has spent much of his life on the move. Raised in a military family, he attended ten schools in five states of the USA, as well as three schools in France. Even as an adult he kept moving, and in fact he became a writer In part because it was one of the few jobs that wouldn't tie him down. His fondest dream is to spend a whole year circumnavigating the globe and visiting every continent. Yes, even Antarctica. He lives in California, with his wife, Katherine Applegate, their two children, and far too many pets.
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By Kirsty at the Overflowing Library
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This review is going to be short. This isn't because I didn't like BZRK but more because I can't quite find the words to do it justice yet.
Firstly can I say that Michael Grant is probably one of the most creepy YA writers out there. The man delights in terrifying teenagers with his creepy and twisted imagination. I find myself having to read his books in the day time with extra lights on, someone else in the house, a space in the freezer to stash it if it gets too much and a pillow to hide behind. There are several times when I have to stop reading and pull myself together and am torn between not wanting to know what happens next but also needing to know what happens next. Therefore I would certainly recommend his books if you have a pretends-to-be-hard-as-nails-teenager in the family as it'll be a good test of how hard and scary they actually are.
The world in BZRK is a scary place just most people don't know it. There are two rival groups who both use nano technology to fight one another as one tries to bring down world leaders and cause chaos while the other tries to stop them. The ideas behind this story are ingenious main because they could so easily be true if not now, in a few years down the line. The whole world of biots and nanos was incredibly creepy main because the ordinary person wouldn't know they were there and doing the things they did. The descriptions of them entering human bodies was downright chilling, gruesome and all too creepy for my liking throughout the entire book ut quite probably something teenagers would love as it's really gory.
I must say the villian of the piece in this story is really one to be scared of not just because of what they are able to do but also because of their physical form.... Read more ›
Firstly can I say that Michael Grant is probably one of the most creepy YA writers out there. The man delights in terrifying teenagers with his creepy and twisted imagination. I find myself having to read his books in the day time with extra lights on, someone else in the house, a space in the freezer to stash it if it gets too much and a pillow to hide behind. There are several times when I have to stop reading and pull myself together and am torn between not wanting to know what happens next but also needing to know what happens next. Therefore I would certainly recommend his books if you have a pretends-to-be-hard-as-nails-teenager in the family as it'll be a good test of how hard and scary they actually are.
The world in BZRK is a scary place just most people don't know it. There are two rival groups who both use nano technology to fight one another as one tries to bring down world leaders and cause chaos while the other tries to stop them. The ideas behind this story are ingenious main because they could so easily be true if not now, in a few years down the line. The whole world of biots and nanos was incredibly creepy main because the ordinary person wouldn't know they were there and doing the things they did. The descriptions of them entering human bodies was downright chilling, gruesome and all too creepy for my liking throughout the entire book ut quite probably something teenagers would love as it's really gory.
I must say the villian of the piece in this story is really one to be scared of not just because of what they are able to do but also because of their physical form.... Read more ›
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Michael Grant impresses with complex and fast paced Sci-Fi thriller...
2 April 2012
By A
Format:Hardcover
Michael Grant really knows how to deliver a fast paced, exciting thriller. His short, simplistic prose is action rather than description based and while there may be people who might be turned off from his `telling' rather than 'showing' style, his descriptions are slick and witty and complements this YA Sci-Fi thriller.
I think for Sci-Fi to be well done world building is integral and this idea of the `nano' is very intriguing and is distinctively fleshed out. The idea of being able to use nanotechnology/DNA-based biots to manipulate people, to control their actions and to redefine their memories is quite chillingly plausible.
Like Grant's GONE novels, BZRK has loads of interesting characters. We get into their heads through chapters told in alternating perspectives, occasionally with multiple character perspectives in one chapter. While I had to occasionally flick through the book to remember who was who due to how they were not that well developed (action more than description-based, remember?) they have peaked my interest somewhat and I look forward to getting to know them better in book 2.
Of course, the actual story is very clever too. The Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation is a front used by conjoined twins Benjamin and Charles Armstrong who plan to use nanotechnology to their advantage--to create the ultimate utopia, one where they connect the human race, for the better of mankind. BZRK want people to have free will, to choose what they want to do, and they fight against the Armstrong twins in insane action scenes featuring both `macro'--real world--action and `nano' action. As per Grants usual, both are very exciting. And this book is quite gory, but is told in a tasteful, blasé way (which is all the more creepier).... Read more ›
I think for Sci-Fi to be well done world building is integral and this idea of the `nano' is very intriguing and is distinctively fleshed out. The idea of being able to use nanotechnology/DNA-based biots to manipulate people, to control their actions and to redefine their memories is quite chillingly plausible.
Like Grant's GONE novels, BZRK has loads of interesting characters. We get into their heads through chapters told in alternating perspectives, occasionally with multiple character perspectives in one chapter. While I had to occasionally flick through the book to remember who was who due to how they were not that well developed (action more than description-based, remember?) they have peaked my interest somewhat and I look forward to getting to know them better in book 2.
Of course, the actual story is very clever too. The Armstrong Fancy Gifts Corporation is a front used by conjoined twins Benjamin and Charles Armstrong who plan to use nanotechnology to their advantage--to create the ultimate utopia, one where they connect the human race, for the better of mankind. BZRK want people to have free will, to choose what they want to do, and they fight against the Armstrong twins in insane action scenes featuring both `macro'--real world--action and `nano' action. As per Grants usual, both are very exciting. And this book is quite gory, but is told in a tasteful, blasé way (which is all the more creepier).... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've never read anything by Michael Grant before but I've read so many stellar reviews of his books that I thought it was about time I tried one for myself. BZRK is published by Egmont's new YA imprint Electric Monkey and is unique because prior to the book's publication, a six-month long interactive transmedia prequel was launched online, incorporating social media, web sites, blogs, video games and many other mobile devices to develop people's interest in the characters and the story before actually reading the book. The beauty of this is that people can become as involved as they want to be but the more they interact with the content, the more they're likely to engage with the story. I think this is a great idea and it would be interesting to know how successful this project has been. It may be something that other authors consider adopting in the future.
`BZRK' had a stellar opening which really grabbed my attention and left me wondering what was coming next. A private jet crashes into a stadium full of people and Grant pulls no punches in showing us what happens in gory detail. Although a book for young adults, Grant's writing, along with the complexity and sophistication of the plot and many of the concepts and ideas incorporated into the novel are not dumbed down at all. This is a book that you need to pay attention to. I have to say that at some points I wasn't completely sure I understood what was happening and some passages I had to go back to and read again which slightly spoilt my enjoyment of the overall story.
Grant has invented a world where two factions are battling for the future of civilisation as we know it. They're battling not with conventional weapons but with nano technology.... Read more ›
`BZRK' had a stellar opening which really grabbed my attention and left me wondering what was coming next. A private jet crashes into a stadium full of people and Grant pulls no punches in showing us what happens in gory detail. Although a book for young adults, Grant's writing, along with the complexity and sophistication of the plot and many of the concepts and ideas incorporated into the novel are not dumbed down at all. This is a book that you need to pay attention to. I have to say that at some points I wasn't completely sure I understood what was happening and some passages I had to go back to and read again which slightly spoilt my enjoyment of the overall story.
Grant has invented a world where two factions are battling for the future of civilisation as we know it. They're battling not with conventional weapons but with nano technology.... Read more ›
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