Head on / John Scalzi.
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. All the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. FBI agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth - and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765388919
- ISBN: 076538891X
- Physical Description: 335 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tor, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." "A novel of the near future"--Front cover. |
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Genre: | Science fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC SCA (Text) | 35246000964955 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Beaver Valley Public Library | F SCA (Text) | 35144000186416 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Castlegar Public Library | SF SCA (Text) | 35146002080901 | Science Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Creston Public Library | SF SCA (Text)
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35140100037020 | Science Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F SCA (Text) | DCL162658 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Kitimat Public Library | Sca (Text) | 32665002104984 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Nelson Public Library | SF SCA (Text) | 3514830028371 | Speculative Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Prince Rupert Library | Scal (Text) | 33294002022218 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Terrace Public Library | SCA (Text) | 35151001064245 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Tumbler Ridge Public Library | AF SCALZ (Text) | TRL23435 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. All the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. FBI agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth - and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.