Ones and Zeroes (Mirador, #2)

Posted on 05 April 2017 by Dan Wells

From Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the second book in a dark, pulse pounding sci fi noir series set in 2050 Los Angeles.Overworld It s than just the world s most popular e sport for thousands of VR teams around the globe, Overworld is life It means fame and fortune, or maybe it s a ticket out of obscurity or poverty If you have a connection to the internet and four friends you trust with your life, anything is possible.Marisa Carneseca is on the hunt for a mysterious hacker named Grendel when she receives word that her amateur Overworld team has been invited to Forward Motion, one of the most exclusive tournaments of the year For Marisa, this could mean anything a chance to finally go pro and to help her family, stuck in an LA neighborhood on the wrong side of the growing divide between the rich and the poor But Forward Motion turns out to be than it seems rife with corruption, infighting, and danger and Marisa runs headlong into Alain Bensoussan, a beautiful, dangerous underground freedom fighter who reveals to her the darker side of the forces behind the tournament It soon becomes clear that, in this game, winning might be the only way to get out alive. Best Read Kindle ePUB Ones and Zeroes (Mirador, #2) by Dan Wells – kino-fada.fr Cherry Dogs forever This was an excellent, excellent heist story, combined with a sports story, combined with a timely meditation on urban decay, classism, and the perils of living in a corporate controll...I love Dan Wells His John Cleaver series is great The Partials series is a pretty decent, and I think very underrated YA dystopian series A Night of Blacker Darkness is probably one of theclever dark comedies I ve ever read, and Extreme Makeover was such a fun, over the top satire of the cosmetics industry I even enjoyed Hollow City, even though it was written in present tense However, I absolutely hated Bluescreen, the first Mirador book It was boring, lazily written, had far too mu I love Dan Wells His John Cleaver series is great The Partials series is a pretty decent, and I think very underrated YA dystopian series A Night of Blacker Darkness is probably one of theclever dark comedies I ve ever read, and Extreme Makeover was such a fun, over the top satire of the cosmetics industry I even enjoyed Hollow City, even though it was written in present tense However, I absolutely hated Bluescreen, the first Mirador book It was boring, lazily written, had far too much infodumping, and the characters were just absolutely horrible I love Dan Wells I ve met him in person He s a pretty cool guy But yeah, I m not shelling out fo...Source Edelweiss Genre Young Adult, Science Fiction Rating 3.5 4 My Thoughts Ones and Zeroes is the second installment in author Dan Wells Mirador trilogy It is a series that is set in 2050 Los Angeles It is a world where 17 year old Marisa Carneseca lives in a neighborhood called Mirador with her parents, and siblings Marisa, like the rest of this world, has a djinni super computer implanted in her brain They have access to ...I enjoyed this eventhan the first book Getting the whole team together was a good idea, and Wells descriptions of their gameplay are waycompelling than I thought they would be The ending seemed a little rushed without not quite enough difficult twists, but that s okay it s a heist novel.This is absolutely glorious series for the lovers of anything to do with computerised dystopian societies, and this one was also a highly believable one.Both Bluescreen and Ones Zeroes left me buzzing high on adrenaline with their fast paced, riveting stories and fantastic characters.In a strange twist when Marisa is trying to hack a major Internet provider to find Grendel, she gets mixed up with revolutionaries who are attempting to take the whole mega corp down at the same time.As it hap This is absolutely glorious series for the lovers of anything to do with computerised dystopian societies, and this one was also a highly believable one.Both Bluescreen and Ones Zeroes left me buzzing high on adrenaline with their fast paced, riveting stories and fantastic characters.In a strange twist when Marisa is trying to hack a major Internet provider to find Grendel, she gets mixed up with revolutionaries who are attempting to take the whole mega corp down at the same time.As it happens, the same corporation is destroying Marisa s neighbourhood and the livelihood of her parents,...Dan Wells has done it again, this series is a great as the Partials and one that I could read over and over The world in the Mirador series is a scary one, almost everyone has a computer implanted in their head, and you can only imagine the issues that can come from such a set up But like today, most of the young people think nothing about this being a part of their lives Marisa and her team Cherry Dogs, live for the online game Overworld, hoping to make it to the pro s and a better life, esp Dan Wells has done it again, this series is a great a...Los Angeles im Jahr 2050 Overworld ist das beliebteste Virtual Reality Spiel der Welt Als Marisa Carneseca die Einladung erh lt, an dem exklusiven Overworld Turnier Forward Motion teilzunehmen, ist sie begeistert F r Marisa ist dies die einmalige Chance, sich als professionelle Spielerin zu etablieren und ihrer Familie finanziell unter die Arme zu greifen Doch Forward Motion hat auch eine dunkle Seite und die ist gef hrlicher, als Marisa es sich vorgestellt hat Das Turnier wird beherrscht Los Angeles im Jahr 2050 Overworld ist das beliebteste Virtual Reality Spiel der Welt Als Marisa Carneseca die Einladung erh lt, an dem exklusiven Overworld Turnier Forward Motion teilzunehmen, ist sie begeistert F r Marisa ist dies die einmalige Chance, sich als professionelle Spielerin zu etablieren und ihrer Familie finanziell unter die Arme zu greifen Doch Forward Motion hat auch eine dunkle Seite und die ist gef hrlicher, als Marisa es sich vorgestellt hat Das Turnier wird beherrscht von Machtk mpfen und Korruption Als Marisa dem mysteri sen Untergrundk mpfer Alain begegnet, wird ihr klar Die einzige M glichkeit, lebend aus diesem Spiel herausz...While still a lot of fun, I didn t like it quite as much as the first one Most of the plot deals with the characters playing Overworld, a virtual reality sport, in an international tournament Overworld, while an interesting aspect, was not one of my favorite parts of the first book I still think the sport itself needs a bitexplanation and fleshing out For instance, the power ups and what they do are not usually described as well as the strategies used Also, the new characters weren t While still a lot of fun, I didn t like it quite as much as the first one Most of the plot deals with the characters playing Overworld...It s rare for a sequel to surpass the first installment of a series stop for a minute and see if anything other than The Empire Strikes Back comes to mind but with Ones and Zeroes Dan Wells has done the near impossible and crafted a follow up that s not only true to the characters we met in the original novel but eventightly crafted and fast paced.Part of that is the complexity of the set up itself The opening section of Bluescreen was spent establishing our fantastically diverse grou It s rare for a sequel to surpass the first installment of a series stop for a minute and see if an...Everything I enjoyed about the first one YA Cyperpunk, Overworld, cute dialogue, clever characters being clever , with less of what I didn t care for family drama and romance Although for an elaborate heist, it didn t quite feel heist y enough at the end Still, I can t wait for the next.

05 April 2017

Dan Wells