- Paperback: 215 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (7 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330398946
- ISBN-13: 978-0330398947
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,381,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There's tons of stuff in Hex to get excited about if you're a fan of science fiction, pacy thrillers and absorbing characters. Rhiannon Lassiter wrote this, her first novel, when she was 17--but it doesn't show. The writing is crisp, the narrative engrossing, and the atmospheric vision of a world capital city in the late 21st Century is scarily believable.
Raven is a young, black-clad teenage youth of the future, born with a mutant gene that affords her an incredible power--the ability to control computer networks by thought alone. As a "Hex" she can interface with machinery, reach out to explore remote databases anywhere on the planet and break through security codes with the flick of a neural pathway. Unfortunately, in the high-rise London of 2367, such powers are considered freakish in the extreme and these Hexes are hunted down with startling brutality.
Raven--on the run, aloof and seemingly without passion--is contacted by her brother, Wraith. He's looking for their younger sister who has been captured by the authorities and who is currently the subject of wicked experimentation. Together they must evade capture, recruit a motley crew to help them break their sibling out from a top secret test centre--and stay alive. It's a tough mission, but they're prepared to die trying. And, judging by the security they must evade to reach her, they might have to.
Hex explores some wonderful concepts and introduces a world full of new ideas, words, gadgets and surprises--and is just the first part of a highly accomplished trilogy of Sci-fi thrillers. Hex: Shadows and especially Hex: Ghosts are both worth reading as well to complete the Hex experience. Age 11 plus. --John McLay --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An elaborately conceived futuristic society is the setting for this thrilling trilogy. Brother and sister, Ravena and Wraith, are both Hexes, humans with a gene that enables them to communicate through machines and specifically the 'net'. The first book has them searching for their sister, who is suspected dead, but has been taken to a government laboratory to undergo horrific tests. In the second, Shadows, Raven joins with Hexes Ali and Revenge, to destroy the European Federation, that wants to destroy the Hex gene. The final part sees the introduction of two new Hexes, Gift and Talent, in Italy, who are in need of urgent help. All the threads come together in a literally explosive and satisfying conclusion. (12+ yrs) (Kirkus UK)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Deeply dark and twisted, this is a book that keeps you in suspense until the very end. References to a mutant gene that the government want to hide and the people who do have this gene makes the coldest people empathise with the characters. There are moments of jealousy, anger, love and even bits that make you laugh. The fact that this book talks about humans as if they are less than evryone else makes you think...which is always good in todays society! Definately worth the read and i cant wait to read the sequels!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
hex is a relly good sci-fi thriller and is really worth reading. And if you think that all sci-fi books are about star trek then you are wrong. The book is about two kids 1 of whom is a hex. If you are a hex then you carry a mutant gene which makes you near enough a living computer. The two kids are Raven and Wraith(Raven being the Hex)and they are looking for their sister Rachel, who is also a hex but was taken away by the CPS (the police).The government think Hexes are a threat and they eliminate them.
This book has characters that are nothing alike and the story is very crefully planned.
My favourite character is Raven because she lives dangerously and doesn't care what happens as long as she reaches her goal, unlike her brother Wraith who is always trying to help people.
This book has characters that are nothing alike and the story is very crefully planned.
My favourite character is Raven because she lives dangerously and doesn't care what happens as long as she reaches her goal, unlike her brother Wraith who is always trying to help people.
Format:Paperback
I only have the memories of reading this in my mid teens, but they are fond memories that have stuck with me. Something drew me to this book in my school library - perhaps it was the bold covers; actually it might have been a friend's recommendation.
I'll never forget that this was written by a seventeen year old - it had such maturity! I don't read a lot of science fiction novels, but I found this book extremely cosy and exhilirating, and the next two books in the series are just as good, if not better.
Rhiannon Lassiter deserves more success as an author. It warms my heart that there are quite a few other reviews here. A lot of people have read this, but more should.
I'll never forget that this was written by a seventeen year old - it had such maturity! I don't read a lot of science fiction novels, but I found this book extremely cosy and exhilirating, and the next two books in the series are just as good, if not better.
Rhiannon Lassiter deserves more success as an author. It warms my heart that there are quite a few other reviews here. A lot of people have read this, but more should.
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Best 3 books I've read for ages
Just finished the 3rd Hex book and I would say that you cannot go wrong buying the first, if you like it then you will definately like the others. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2006 by Dave
Top favourite
I loved Hex when i first read started reading it i couldn't put it down i carried it though the whole trilogy. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2004 by "gothic_smile69"
A non-stop suspense sci-fi thriller that you can't put down!
This first novel in a trilogy is a one which you definitely can't miss. The characters, all so unique and different, come to life as you read, the cleverness in which the author... Read more
Published on 22 April 2001
Hex!
It is the twenty fourth century. Three siblings live in the gangland of Lomdon. Wraith fits his name, as he looks like a ghost. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2000
You Beauty
This book is so cool and is so right for a classical futuristic film ie The Matrix or Blade Runner. If U have read this read the whole trilogy as the other two are also GROOVY
Published on 13 July 2000
Brilliant!
This book is one of the best I have ever read. The characters are really well portrayed and the Hex ability is a great idea. Read more
Published on 29 May 2000
The best book I have ever read
This is a brilliant book and it should by read by anyone, even if they have no interest in sci-fi. This has important messages that everyone should think about today.
Published on 11 April 2000
FANTASTIC
This was an amazing story that took you to the future. No sci-fi fan should miss it !
Published on 8 April 2000
The book is, using the authors own word, electric!
Hex is a new age sci-fi novel with a difference. Raven is a hex. A human with brain-computer access. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 1999
Hex delivers teen sci-fi with grown up style
Hex is a great book, taking its cues from the cyberpunk side of the genre it delivers edgy, gritty sci-fi that really involves. Read more
Published on 22 July 1999
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