Game Runner (#1)

Description

Ario is a Cheat: somebody who designs and sells Cheat Codes to Gamerunners. Rick is - or was - a gamerunner: someone who tests there are no glitches or bugs in the Maze, the computer game that is so much more than a computer game. Then Rick's father falls out of favour and Rick is forced - jettisoned - out of the safety of his home on to the dangerous streets of Undone and the outside world - a world of flesh-dissolving acid rain and ferocious, feral, roving gangs. There Rick meets Ario and together they find a joint cause that will lead them into a terrifying and dangerous battle with Crater Inc., the shadowy, sinister and all-powerful company that created the Maze ...

Promotion info

With her first novel, The Traitor Game, B.R. Collins won the 2009 Branford Boase Award and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2009 The world of computer gaming is perfect for teen boys especially The author is keen and available for promotion, both traditional and online

Reviews

Praise for The Traitor Game: 'A wonderfully gripping book for teenagers ... Brain food that's well worth feeding to your teenage boys - and stealing from them afterwards' Big Issue Praise for A Trick of the Dark: 'A multilayered, metaphysical thriller ... dark, uneasy and extraordinary' The Times

Author description

B.R. (Bridget) Collins is a graduate of both university and drama school. Her first novel, The Traitor Game, was published to much acclaim. It won the Branford Boase Award in 2009 and was nominated for the 2009 Carnegie Medal. Bridget lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.