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Agent Six of Hearts #3
Third Transmission
I'll be watching you, Agent Six.
Agent Six of Hearts is back at work. He's sealed inside a torpedo, blasting towards a warship.
His mission? To steal canisters containing a weaponised strain of the SARS virus. Before ChaoSonic can use it to wipe out an uprising that is tearing the City apart.
But Six has bigger problems. Vanish is still on the loose. So is Retuni Lerke. And a scientist has designed a new weapon. One more dangerous than anything Six has ever seen. One that could wipe out him, the Deck, and anyone else who opposes ChaoSonic for good.
Six has to find the weapon, and destroy it. Because ChaoSonic can't always control their creations. He is living proof.
Agent Six of Hearts is back at work. He's sealed inside a torpedo, blasting towards a warship.
His mission? To steal canisters containing a weaponised strain of the SARS virus. Before ChaoSonic can use it to wipe out an uprising that is tearing the City apart.
But Six has bigger problems. Vanish is still on the loose. So is Retuni Lerke. And a scientist has designed a new weapon. One more dangerous than anything Six has ever seen. One that could wipe out him, the Deck, and anyone else who opposes ChaoSonic for good.
Six has to find the weapon, and destroy it. Because ChaoSonic can't always control their creations. He is living proof.
361 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Jack Heath
67 books842 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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December 29, 2015
This one’s my favourite book of the Agent Six of Hearts series and as with the previous books it was great to see the main character become ‘more human’ in each book. I really liked the teleportation and time travel storylines and it had great twists and turns.
But once again it’s the characters and emotions that won for me. The protagonist, Six, is admirably straightforward and practical but it’s really special when you see hints of the kid that he is. And this time he falls in love. Normally that’s when the alarm bells start ringing for me when it happens to a favourite character. I like a good romance storyline but it is also one of the things that can strip a protagonist of their ‘cool’ factor! But I was wholly impressed in this case as a) I thought Six’s love interest was ace (inside joke intended) and a cool female character on her own and b) it’s an innocent and sweet take on first love –the characters hang out and ‘get’ each other before anything romantic is established.
It’s emotional (particularly if you leave it at the ending without reading the sequel ebook), funny and has a nice plot.
But once again it’s the characters and emotions that won for me. The protagonist, Six, is admirably straightforward and practical but it’s really special when you see hints of the kid that he is. And this time he falls in love. Normally that’s when the alarm bells start ringing for me when it happens to a favourite character. I like a good romance storyline but it is also one of the things that can strip a protagonist of their ‘cool’ factor! But I was wholly impressed in this case as a) I thought Six’s love interest was ace (inside joke intended) and a cool female character on her own and b) it’s an innocent and sweet take on first love –the characters hang out and ‘get’ each other before anything romantic is established.
It’s emotional (particularly if you leave it at the ending without reading the sequel ebook), funny and has a nice plot.
September 13, 2015
This book has both its exciting and heartfelt moments. What I found best about Third Transmission are the growing relationships between Six and the other characters of the book. It not only displays the moment where Agent Six actually admitted his father son relationship with King, but new ones among others. The action scenes were amazing and so was the entire plot concept. I highly recommend reading Third Transmission to find out what happened.
December 28, 2016
Really? That's how it ends? I can't believe that it ends like that after all he went through.
August 6, 2009
Though I haven't read the previous two Agent Six of Hearts books - and now that I know what happens, I don't think I'd be able to enjoy them as much as I would have if I didn't know - I really enjoyed Third Transmission.
It was excellently researched and seemed to be written effortlessly. Six was at first a really stiff and emotionless character, but the more I read, the more I empathised with him. The other characters - King, Ace of Diamonds, his brother Kyntak, his less-than-wholesome sister Nai - made up an interesting and varied cast.
Third Transmission reads so smoothly - without too many of the clunky details you might find in other novels of this genre. The back cover blurb tells us about Six' mission to steal the czanisters with the SARS virus in them, but that's only the very beginning - from there, the story branches out towards things like teleportation, and eventually time travel. Even through these out-there concepts, nothing seems forced or unrealistic.
The world in which Six and the other characters live is really interesting - like our own world at some point in the future almost - a city where it rains acid, pollution makes life difficult, and a single company rule the City. A company called ChaoSonic, which, you know, indicates from the outset that they're up to no good.
I get sick of hearing the phrase action-packed, and I would shoot myself in the foot before I used it myself, but Third Transmission really was. I read it in one sitting, and was so well written, I had a lot of trouble looking for fault. It was really seamless; incredibly enjoyable and when I'd finished reading, a bit depressing.
This book also has one of the most satisfying conclusions to a novel that I have ever (and read that as EVER) read.
This book is to be released here in Australia in August, and it will be released in the US as well - but not until November of 2010. It's worth the wait, and even if you aren't usually a reader of sci-fi adventure (I think that's the genre), it's definitely worth checking out.
It was excellently researched and seemed to be written effortlessly. Six was at first a really stiff and emotionless character, but the more I read, the more I empathised with him. The other characters - King, Ace of Diamonds, his brother Kyntak, his less-than-wholesome sister Nai - made up an interesting and varied cast.
Third Transmission reads so smoothly - without too many of the clunky details you might find in other novels of this genre. The back cover blurb tells us about Six' mission to steal the czanisters with the SARS virus in them, but that's only the very beginning - from there, the story branches out towards things like teleportation, and eventually time travel. Even through these out-there concepts, nothing seems forced or unrealistic.
The world in which Six and the other characters live is really interesting - like our own world at some point in the future almost - a city where it rains acid, pollution makes life difficult, and a single company rule the City. A company called ChaoSonic, which, you know, indicates from the outset that they're up to no good.
I get sick of hearing the phrase action-packed, and I would shoot myself in the foot before I used it myself, but Third Transmission really was. I read it in one sitting, and was so well written, I had a lot of trouble looking for fault. It was really seamless; incredibly enjoyable and when I'd finished reading, a bit depressing.
This book also has one of the most satisfying conclusions to a novel that I have ever (and read that as EVER) read.
This book is to be released here in Australia in August, and it will be released in the US as well - but not until November of 2010. It's worth the wait, and even if you aren't usually a reader of sci-fi adventure (I think that's the genre), it's definitely worth checking out.
May 17, 2012
oh my god oh my god OH MY GOD! it did NOT just end like that! you know, as i was reading third transmission, my rating was initially three stars, then as it started approaching the end it became four stars cos it was really interesting watching everything being tied up and six having a love interest and then-and then-THE END! and i was just like WTF?! but when it came to that point, that moment (to all those who've red the book, you know what i mean), the book just turned from a shaky 4 stars to a rock-solid 5 star rating.
i hope there's another book in kyntak's point of view.
wow. i cannot believe it ended like that. and nai....you poor poor girl. *sigh*
oh well then. this book is SO worth reading, even though during the beginning and middle of the book i had to kinda force myself to keep reading, the ending was SO worth it.
i hope there's another book in kyntak's point of view.
wow. i cannot believe it ended like that. and nai....you poor poor girl. *sigh*
oh well then. this book is SO worth reading, even though during the beginning and middle of the book i had to kinda force myself to keep reading, the ending was SO worth it.
August 19, 2013
I dont know what to think of this book. Earlier this week, i had gotten The Crown Tower, which i'd known existed for about 2 weeks. I zipped through it in a night. THne three days later i got Third Transmission, which i've been anticipating for like three ears, and it took me like a span of fifty hours to read. It's not that i didn't want to read it, i was just weirdly procrastinating. And i liked the book alot up until hte end. I mean, what kind of ending is that? Six dies? I just couldn't like it. It felt too unfinal and i feel there has to be more.
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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.
March 29, 2010
great book, very confusing, kinda like Artemis Fowl 7, really sad at the end. Stupid Nai.
May 17, 2012
This book and this series and this character are absolutely totally amazing and the ending killed me and I have to go and die now because I just love this book so much.
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