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Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers #4
Echappée dans l'extrême
2030 : le jeune Julio Cortez revient au Corteguay, son pays natal, avec son père, candidat à la présidence. Mais les élections sont truquées et les Cortez se retrouvent emprisonnés et torturés par des moyens électroniques sophistiqués... Comment alerter l'opinion quand la dictature au pouvoir a banni toute technologie moderne, Internet, holographie, réalité virtuelle, communications par satellite, interdisant tout lien avec l'extérieur ? Mais Julio est un fan des jeux de simulation sur le réseau... Alors, pour sauver les siens, il s'évade dans la réalité virtuelle où il réussit à contacter ses amis Explorateurs de la Net Force qui participent à un tournoi international de simulation de vol. Pour les libérer, ces adolescents vont devoir se livrer à des combats aériens virtuels et se retrouver confrontés à de véritables adversaires venus du réel pour traquer Julio et l'empêcher de divulguer la vérité ! Et le temps presse... car, dans le monde réel, des plongeurs-commandos américains s'apprêtent à intervenir pour délivrer les prisonniers...
254 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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June 27, 2020
Un ragazzo torna nel suo paese di origine dove regna un regime che reprime l'uso di computer e della Rete. Qui viene rapito assieme alla sua famiglia.
Riesce però a mandare un messaggio di aiuto ai suoi amici della Net Force Explorers durante la simulazione di una battaglia aerea.
Gli amici dovranno quindi indagare per scoprire dove è tenuto prigioniero e cercare di vincere le successive simulazioni per sperare di reincontrarlo ed ottenere nuovi indizi.
Riesce però a mandare un messaggio di aiuto ai suoi amici della Net Force Explorers durante la simulazione di una battaglia aerea.
Gli amici dovranno quindi indagare per scoprire dove è tenuto prigioniero e cercare di vincere le successive simulazioni per sperare di reincontrarlo ed ottenere nuovi indizi.
March 25, 2017
I liked this one better than #3 in this series, it seemed to get into the action right from the start rather than giving Lota of expositional stuff at the beginning. Also the author has a thing with planes and flying :-) very detailed
February 3, 2019
une histoire assez brève -250 pages - dont le seul intérêt est qu'elle explore et exploite le monde virtuel et la passion des ados pour les jeux videos en la mêlant à une trame politique ...
August 24, 2013
War games as summer camp education
Together with his parents Julio Cortez returns to his country of birth: Cortequay in South America. This country has missed any technological advancement since the last twenty years and is currently organising its first democratic elections. Julio's father is a candidate for the presidency, but the opposition will stop at nothing to keep him away from power. At home Julio's Netforce friends miss him terribly. Certainly during the flight simulations organised at a summer camp, the absence of Julio influences their results during the fierce simulated air battles. Julio has always been their champion. During one of these simulations, suddenly Julio appears with the message that he got kidnapped in Cortequay. But his friends are not sure what they can do. How can they get in contact with Julio? How do they convince people that Julio and his family are in grave trouble? And most of all: is Julio's message authentic or only a trap set in a world where nothing is what it seems?
Although the story of The Ultimate Escape starts from a great idea, the whole story is lacking much credibility. The denouement is so lame that even the first chapters give you a good idea on how the story will end. But the most worrying part of this novel is its setting. Knowing that this book is written for a young audience it is quite disturbing to see that replaying war battles is considered as a very educational and important way of learning history. Even more, German students are by default forced to replay World War II battles as part of the German forces. This way they are considered to try and reverse the outcome of the war. I do not know what the authors were thinking, but such a simplistic view on the world, can hardly be seen as a good starting point for a novel aimed at youngsters. How wrong can you get?
Together with his parents Julio Cortez returns to his country of birth: Cortequay in South America. This country has missed any technological advancement since the last twenty years and is currently organising its first democratic elections. Julio's father is a candidate for the presidency, but the opposition will stop at nothing to keep him away from power. At home Julio's Netforce friends miss him terribly. Certainly during the flight simulations organised at a summer camp, the absence of Julio influences their results during the fierce simulated air battles. Julio has always been their champion. During one of these simulations, suddenly Julio appears with the message that he got kidnapped in Cortequay. But his friends are not sure what they can do. How can they get in contact with Julio? How do they convince people that Julio and his family are in grave trouble? And most of all: is Julio's message authentic or only a trap set in a world where nothing is what it seems?
Although the story of The Ultimate Escape starts from a great idea, the whole story is lacking much credibility. The denouement is so lame that even the first chapters give you a good idea on how the story will end. But the most worrying part of this novel is its setting. Knowing that this book is written for a young audience it is quite disturbing to see that replaying war battles is considered as a very educational and important way of learning history. Even more, German students are by default forced to replay World War II battles as part of the German forces. This way they are considered to try and reverse the outcome of the war. I do not know what the authors were thinking, but such a simplistic view on the world, can hardly be seen as a good starting point for a novel aimed at youngsters. How wrong can you get?
August 4, 2011
admittedly, i wasnt a huge fan of this book but it is well written. i feel that had i read this when it came out, i may have given it a more favorable rating. however some of the concepts within the book still ring true today. this book follows the net force team, a bunch of kids, through their flight simulation contest. however things begin to go wrong within the simulation that shouldnt be... and it parallels some of the societal and political issues occurring at the time.
November 29, 2016
In het begin dacht ik dat dit een niet erg boeiend kinder SF zou worden, maar naarmate het boek vorderde werd ik verrast door de wat duistere toon achter het verhaal. Het hele SF gebeuren is wel vergezocht, maar toch vond ik het niet storend. Ik zat aan vier sterren te denken, totdat het einde het verpest. Waarom is het zo kort door de bocht en met 0 respect voor een van de personages. Echt een misser.
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December 11, 2012
Not as good as I remember the others to be, but still nice to revisit the Net Force Explorers :D
May 14, 2013
Good book that had my interest until the end. Brought the conflict to an abrupt end. Poor resolution after all of the build up to the climax.
December 17, 2015
Young adult at best. Overly simple, not believable, and kind of silly.
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