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Agent Six of Hearts #4
Dead Man Running
"We need you to solve a murder, Six. Your own."
Agent Six of Hearts, teenage super-spy, has been dead for four years. When he's suddenly awakened by a machine that shouldn't exist, he discovers that the city he spent his life protecting has become a terrifying place.Secret police are everywhere. Thousands of innocent people have been buried alive. And a serial killer is executing Six's friends, one by one.
Six has to search this brutal new world for whoever killed him, before it happens again. But the City is full of people who want him gone... and he's not the only one who won't stay dead.
An e-book exclusive for Australian and New Zealand readers.
Agent Six of Hearts, teenage super-spy, has been dead for four years. When he's suddenly awakened by a machine that shouldn't exist, he discovers that the city he spent his life protecting has become a terrifying place.Secret police are everywhere. Thousands of innocent people have been buried alive. And a serial killer is executing Six's friends, one by one.
Six has to search this brutal new world for whoever killed him, before it happens again. But the City is full of people who want him gone... and he's not the only one who won't stay dead.
An e-book exclusive for Australian and New Zealand readers.
- GenresYoung Adult
198 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 18, 2012
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Jack Heath
70 books866 followersJack Heath wrote his debut novel, The Lab, in secondary school and sent it to a publisher at age seventeen. He's now the award-winning author of forty novels for adults and children, including the international bestsellers Hangman, The Wife Swap and 300 Minutes of Danger. His books have been translated into ten languages, optioned for TV and adapted for film. He lives on Ngunnawal/Ngambri country in Canberra, Australia, with his wife, their children, several chickens, a few fish and a possum named Oreo.
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September 19, 2012
This long awaited book (almost four years since the third in the series Third Transmission) takes you on an action packed and emotional demonic roller coaster from the darkest depths of hell until finally you are able to see a pin prick of murky grey light at the end. And it's awesome!
In this latest book of the Six of Hearts series the action sequences are just as insanely extreme, as in the previous books in the series, but have become a lot more violent. And Six has taken his resourcefulness to a whole new level.
However, while the action sequences had my heart beating like the wings of a red bull intoxicated hummingbird it was the interactions of the characters that truly gripped my heart.
HERE THERE BE SPOILERS nothing too major
and I kinda suck at reviewing :D - I'll try my best for this book though!
When Six returns to the world it's been 4 years to his friends and family who have now accepted his death. But for him he is returning from a successful mission in the past. The first thing that makes my heart plummet for Six is King (Six's sort of father/employer). In Third Transmission when Six leaves for his mission to the past we have one of those heartfelt moments between the two...which is pretty shocking if you know King's character. But when Six is brought back King has changed, along with the Deck, and doesn't really seem to give a damn about Six. Well...that's depressing...Six seems depressed too.
Next depressing thing! When Six returns to the new Deck he is reunited with Ace. Ace in Third Transmission is the girl that actually makes Six want to live instead of just going though the motions of life. She makes him happy for once. But when they meet each other again she's changed and she's married. More Six depression.
OK there's heaps of damn depressing stuff in this book - you get the idea - I'll be here for ever if I write it all out.
There's also a new agent - agent Ten (reminds me a agent Two a bit) - who is 'assigned' to protect Six. And it's after a mission with him that Six is glad to be alive again.
Even through the horrors (and my god there are horrors O_O) and turmoil that this latest journey has wrapped him in Six continues (Six's perseverance to try and make the City a better place, throughout the series even though he feels so removed from it, is really what makes Six a memorable, admirable and a down right good person...to me at least).
Towards the end a theme can be seen. That under terrible circumstances people can do terrible things. This ranges in magnitude throughout the characters: Kyntak, Nai, Ace, King and even Six himself. It is the acceptance of this by the characters that gave the book such a strong and satisfying close to me...even though I wish this series would never draw to a close I think the close may be this book.
With this (beginning) acceptance Nai and Six are able to meet an understanding. Kyntak and Six finally begin to resemble bothers again and King and Six father and son. The scene with Six, Ace and Ten, though short, was moving. Six is able to make peace with Ace knowing he has made her happy. And while there is the awkward fact about all the copies of Six, with them, the future of the City itself seems like it's going to be a lot brighter. And that wrap up was excellent. For the first time in the entire series Six is not just holding back the spiraling darkness of the City - he is giving it a future...and that was the perfect end to the series.
(...but - by all means, Mr. Heath, continue this series if you please! That would be swell)
END THE SPOILERS
As I said before I am not a great review writer and my review does not give this book what it deserves. This series has given me more to think about than any other book...I don't think it was intended to do so but it does. The cast of characters are incredible but...I secretly look up to Agent Six of Hearts ;D not so secret now.
In this latest book of the Six of Hearts series the action sequences are just as insanely extreme, as in the previous books in the series, but have become a lot more violent. And Six has taken his resourcefulness to a whole new level.
However, while the action sequences had my heart beating like the wings of a red bull intoxicated hummingbird it was the interactions of the characters that truly gripped my heart.
HERE THERE BE SPOILERS nothing too major
and I kinda suck at reviewing :D - I'll try my best for this book though!
When Six returns to the world it's been 4 years to his friends and family who have now accepted his death. But for him he is returning from a successful mission in the past. The first thing that makes my heart plummet for Six is King (Six's sort of father/employer). In Third Transmission when Six leaves for his mission to the past we have one of those heartfelt moments between the two...which is pretty shocking if you know King's character. But when Six is brought back King has changed, along with the Deck, and doesn't really seem to give a damn about Six. Well...that's depressing...Six seems depressed too.
Next depressing thing! When Six returns to the new Deck he is reunited with Ace. Ace in Third Transmission is the girl that actually makes Six want to live instead of just going though the motions of life. She makes him happy for once. But when they meet each other again she's changed and she's married. More Six depression.
OK there's heaps of damn depressing stuff in this book - you get the idea - I'll be here for ever if I write it all out.
There's also a new agent - agent Ten (reminds me a agent Two a bit) - who is 'assigned' to protect Six. And it's after a mission with him that Six is glad to be alive again.
Even through the horrors (and my god there are horrors O_O) and turmoil that this latest journey has wrapped him in Six continues (Six's perseverance to try and make the City a better place, throughout the series even though he feels so removed from it, is really what makes Six a memorable, admirable and a down right good person...to me at least).
Towards the end a theme can be seen. That under terrible circumstances people can do terrible things. This ranges in magnitude throughout the characters: Kyntak, Nai, Ace, King and even Six himself. It is the acceptance of this by the characters that gave the book such a strong and satisfying close to me...even though I wish this series would never draw to a close I think the close may be this book.
With this (beginning) acceptance Nai and Six are able to meet an understanding. Kyntak and Six finally begin to resemble bothers again and King and Six father and son. The scene with Six, Ace and Ten, though short, was moving. Six is able to make peace with Ace knowing he has made her happy. And while there is the awkward fact about all the copies of Six, with them, the future of the City itself seems like it's going to be a lot brighter. And that wrap up was excellent. For the first time in the entire series Six is not just holding back the spiraling darkness of the City - he is giving it a future...and that was the perfect end to the series.
(...but - by all means, Mr. Heath, continue this series if you please! That would be swell)
END THE SPOILERS
As I said before I am not a great review writer and my review does not give this book what it deserves. This series has given me more to think about than any other book...I don't think it was intended to do so but it does. The cast of characters are incredible but...I secretly look up to Agent Six of Hearts ;D not so secret now.
March 9, 2014
We need you to solve a murder, your own Six. Six of Hearts teleports out of the time machine to find out that he miscalculated, he’s come out 4 years 5 weeks and 1 day later then he intended to. He turns around to see an old man, who he shortly realizes is King, King of Hearts. He is informed that four years ago he did come out, he managed to make the nuclear bomb explode in the middle of nowhere, rescue the hundreds of people that would have been killed by the fallout and mysteriously disappears. When Six returns to The Deck he is amazed at the great weaponry that The Deck has, the many guns and military weapons that must have cost millions. He is also astonished at the greatly enhanced security system, a fingerprint scanner that takes a blood sample which then cross checks it with its database. He’s also relieved to find Ace, his one true love but is sadly depressed when he finds out she’s married, and isn’t too great to see him either. Now he’s back, and ready for action. Who murdered him? Why has a dead man attacked him? Where is his brother?
Dead Man Running is a great read for an only EBook book. Previously I have read EBook only books, that don’t have a paper version produced like Dead Man running and had been quite disappointed in them. The Detail they had previously produced made me think that the author was sick of the series of books. Dead Man Running has encouraged me to read more only EBook books and to actually look it getting some more EBooks. Dead Man Running is a great conclusion to the Agent Six of Hearts series and reintroduces elements that have appeared throughout the series. It has also encouraged me to read more books by Jack Heath and books that focus on time travel and possible futures. For all previous readers of the Agent Six of Hearts series I would highly recommend that they read this if they have the technology that it is available on (IPads, Phones, IPods…) and for all action, suspense and thriller fans to read if they also have the required technology available to use. However it costs $7.99 on the App store so I would recommend that if you didn’t enjoy the series as much to try the free sample of it and to save up and get the required money to purchase it if you want it. Who knows it may make you want to read it if you read the sample.
Dead Man Running is a great read for an only EBook book. Previously I have read EBook only books, that don’t have a paper version produced like Dead Man running and had been quite disappointed in them. The Detail they had previously produced made me think that the author was sick of the series of books. Dead Man Running has encouraged me to read more only EBook books and to actually look it getting some more EBooks. Dead Man Running is a great conclusion to the Agent Six of Hearts series and reintroduces elements that have appeared throughout the series. It has also encouraged me to read more books by Jack Heath and books that focus on time travel and possible futures. For all previous readers of the Agent Six of Hearts series I would highly recommend that they read this if they have the technology that it is available on (IPads, Phones, IPods…) and for all action, suspense and thriller fans to read if they also have the required technology available to use. However it costs $7.99 on the App store so I would recommend that if you didn’t enjoy the series as much to try the free sample of it and to save up and get the required money to purchase it if you want it. Who knows it may make you want to read it if you read the sample.
April 23, 2013
Finally! Someone who actually gets the idea of time travel and what would happen to the body!
Great book! However, I was incredibly annoyed that it was eBook only! It has some really good foreshadowing, but it sometimes gives away too much info about what it about to happen (which kind of ruins a story when you're like me and guesses what is about to happen).
I gave it four because, like all the other ASOH books it was amazing but, it was only an eBook and I like my paperbacks :p
Great book! However, I was incredibly annoyed that it was eBook only! It has some really good foreshadowing, but it sometimes gives away too much info about what it about to happen (which kind of ruins a story when you're like me and guesses what is about to happen).
I gave it four because, like all the other ASOH books it was amazing but, it was only an eBook and I like my paperbacks :p
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December 22, 2015Katharine is a judge for the Sara Douglass 'Book Series' Award. This entry is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.
I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.
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February 12, 2019Terrifying. Stuff of nightmares. Seriously I should not have read this... not sure what I was thinking 🤦🏼♀️
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