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The Game of Lives (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Three)

by James Dashner

Virtual reality and the stakes of identity

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Virtual reality and the stakes of identity

The concluding volume of The Mortality Doctrine brings its conflict between gaming and reality to a point of worldwide consequence. As cyberterrorist Kaine’s plan advances, Michael and his friends face a threat rooted in the blurring boundary between virtual and physical life. Michael’s uncertainty about who his friends really are adds a question of trust to the technological danger. The series’ central concerns—virtual reality, cyberterrorism, and the consequences of advanced gaming—come together here in a finale that continues the trilogy’s connected storyline.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in virtual-reality adventures
  • Readers following the first two books in The Mortality Doctrine trilogy
  • Fans of stories involving cyberterrorism, gaming, and questions about what is real

Themes

Virtual reality and the real worldCyberterrorism and technological powerTrust and identityGaming

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Book overview

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER series, comes the final book in the Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts.

Includes a sneak peek of The Fever Code, the highly anticipated conclusion to the Maze Runner series--the novel that finally reveals how the Maze was built!

Michael used to live to game, but now, the games are over. The VirtNet has become a world of deadly consequences, and cyber terrorist Kaine grows stronger by the day. The Mortality Doctrine--Kaine's master plan--has nearly been realized, and little by little the line separating the virtual from the real is blurring. If Kaine succeeds, it will mean worldwide cyber domination. And it looks like Michael and his friends are the only ones who can put the monster back in the box--if Michael can figure out who his friends really are.

The author who brought you the #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER series and two #1 movies--The Maze Runner and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials--now brings you an electrifying adventure trilogy that takes you into a world of hyperadvanced technology, cyber terrorists, and gaming beyond your wildest dreams . . . and your worst nightmares.

Praise for the Mortality Doctrine Series:

"Dashner takes full advantage of the Matrix-esque potential for asking 'what is real.'" --io9.com

"Set in a world taken over by virtual reality gaming, the series perfectly capture[s] Dashner's hallmarks for inventiveness, teen dialogue and an ability to add twists and turns like no other author." --MTV.com

"A brilliant, visceral, gamified mash-up of The Matrix and Inception, guaranteed to thrill even the non-gaming crowd." --Christian Science Monitor
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