Avanço

Endgame: The Zero Line Chronicles #2

by James Frey, Cássia Zanon (Translator)

Em Linhagem Zero: Avanço, um grupo de jovens está determinado a impedir a qualquer custo que o Endgame aconteça. Eles se autonomeiam Linhagem Zero.

Divididos em esquadrões, os jovens voluntários que compõem a Linhagem Zero estão em treinamento e precisam aprender novas técnicas em contextos urbanos e viajar até as sedes das doze linhagens para deixar um convite para cada Jogador, na forma de um sinal tão dramático e convincente que pareça o próprio Chamado.

De um assalto a banco à implantação de uma bomba no centro de Bagdá, a Linhagem Zero não vai medir esforços para conseguir reunir todos os Jogadores em Munique, em meio aos Jogos Olímpicos e impedi-los a competir no Endgame.

Mike Stavros também vai precisar lidar com um turbilhão de problemas particulares: sua condição de fugitivo da polícia, o afastamento da sua parceira Mary e o fato de ter como novo companheiro de equipe Eugene, o provável culpado pela morte de seu amigo Tommy.

O Endgame ainda não começou, e a Linhagem Zero vai fazer de tudo para o Jogo não acontecer.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Novella, Fiction, Dystopia

121 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 7, 2016

About the author

James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the stories were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated, sparking a media controversy. His 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was also a bestseller.
Frey is the founder and CEO of Full Fathom Five. A transmedia production company, FFF is responsible for the young adult adventure/science fiction series The Lorien Legacies of seven books written by Frey and others, under the collective pen name Pittacus Lore. Frey's first book of the series, I Am Number Four (2010), was made into a feature film by DreamWorks Pictures. He is also the CEO of NYXL, an esports organization based in New York.

Reviews

[LaTrice McNeil-Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too convenient...

[Joaquin · Rating 3 out of 5]

We continue where we left off and see Mike, who joined the Zero Line, along with the other members training.

They already have a plan: to persuade the Players from each line to stop playing, or kill them if they don't listen.

It's try or die now and it's only the start of this battle. The second novella gives more character development and a little background to Endgame.

This novella collection gives background to the Zero Line which I think will appear in the third book, Rules of the Game.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Feed is the second Zero Line Chronicles novella. The line has been split into different squads after training for months, and each squad has been assigned to a line to send their invitation to the fake Calling. Mike is separated into a different squad than Mary and he's having a hard time letting go and being trusting towards her since she allegedly requested to be split from him. Mike, Kat, and Eugene are responsible for the Minoan and the Sumerian. They plan on luring the Players to the Olympics site in Munich, where they will hopefully convince the Players to not participate, or they will be forced to try and kill them.
I really enjoyed this novella - it was fast paced, full of action, and I'm still fascinated by the concept of a group of people attempting to stop the Endgame and going against several highly trained killers. Can't wait to read the last novella.