T.L. Costa
When is a game not a game?,Tyler MacCandless canâ€™t focus, even when he takes his medication. He canâ€™t focus on school, on his future, on a book, on much of anything other than taking care of his older brother, Brandon, whoâ€™s in rehab for heroin abuseâ€¦ again.,Tylerâ€™s dad is dead and his mom has mentally checked out. The only person he can really count on is his Civilian Air Patrol Mentor, Rick. The one thing in life it seems he doesnâ€™t suck at is playing video games and, well, thats probably not going to get him into college.,Just when it seems like his future is on a collision course with a life sentence at McDonaldâ€™s, Rick asks him to test a video game. If his scoreâ€™s high enough, it could earn him a place in flight school and win him the future he was certain that he could never have. And when he falls in love with the gameâ€™s designer, the legendary gamer Ani, Tyler thinks his life might finally be turning around.,That is, until Brandon goes MIA from rehab and Tyler and Ani discover that the game is more than it seems. Now Tyler will have to figure out whatâ€™s really going on in time to save his brotherâ€¦ and prevent his own future from going down in flames.
Young Adult,Thriller,Science Fiction,Fiction,Contemporary,Romance,Mystery,Young Adult,Teen,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Action
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