The Hunt

Outernet #5

by Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore

A seemingly normal laptop computer goes on-line - in another galaxy! You've got mail, but it's no AOL… Welcome to the Outernet.

The hunt is afoot. Yes, the Tyrant and his evil team of FOE's have stepped up their search for The Server. They've hired a team of hunters to track down Jack, Merle, Loaf, and, most importantly, their little techno-prize -- The Server. And this means trouble for Jack and his friends. While they're back home on Earth, the "Space Invaders" are closing in. Will they escape in time? It's going to take some creative thinking -- and the use of some ancient teleportation devices that happen to exist right here on Earth! A certain mysterious pile of rocks... known as Stonehenge...

Genres: Science Fiction, Childrens, Young Adult

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Steve Barlow (real name Steven Lowe) was born in Britain. He studied at Warwick University and Nottingham University, and worked at various times as a teacher, actor, stage manager and puppeteer. Then he went to teach in Botswana. On his return to the UK he met Steve Skidmore, collectively known as The Two Steves—are British collaborative writers who mostly work in the field of children's literature. They have written over 70 books together.

Reviews

[The Third Place A Teen Library]

F BAR outernet bk. 5

Science Fiction

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is pretty good. They have to create a chain to keep the bad guys from t-mailing onto Earth. Jack's parents are captured in the end by the Tyrant (evil dude)