The Six, Mark Alpert
The Six, Mark Alpert
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The Six

Author: Mark Alpert

Series: The Six #1

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/27/2018


Synopsis

Adam's muscular dystrophy has stolen his mobility, his friends, and in less than a year it will take his life. Virtual reality games are Adam's only escape from his wheelchair. In his alternate world, he can defeat anyone. Running, jumping, scoring touchdowns: Adam is always the hero.

Then an artificial intelligence program hacks into Adam's game. Created by Adam's computer-genius father, Sigma has gone rogue, threatening to kill Adam—and the entire human race. Their one chance to stop Sigma is using the technology Adam's dad developed to digitally preserve the mind of his dying son.

Along with a select group of other terminally ill teens, Adam becomes one of the Six who will forfeit their failing bodies to inhabit weaponized robots. But with time running short, the Six must learn to manipulate their new mechanical forms and work together to train for epic combat . . . before Sigma destroys humanity.

About Mark Alpert

Mark Alpert is a contributing editor at Scientific American and the author of several science-oriented thrillers for adults: Final Theory, The Omega Theory, Extinction, The Furies, and The Orion Plan. The Six was his first science thriller for young adults. He lives with his wife and two teenage kids in New York City.


Reviews

That was just stunning! Another book that reads just like a movie!! I swear it was like watching a movie!!! *breathes* Okay.. so I'm not the the biggest Sci-fi reader, but I do read AND WATCH Scifi. I'm telling you, this is awesome! Not only does it give you action, adventure and thrill... It will also......more

Goodreads review by Sara on July 05, 2015

Finally - finally - I've found a YA scifi novel with plenty of boy appeal that's really well written with well-developed characters! I've picked up quite a few of this year's releases that looked promising, then failed to hold my interest or had ridiculous dialogue, descriptions, etc. Mark Alpert's......more

Goodreads review by Dylan on January 17, 2023

This book about robots was one of the greatest books I have ever read!!!......more

Goodreads review by Mark on August 02, 2015

I'm probably not the best judge, but I think this is the best book I've ever written!......more

Goodreads review by Rhoda on July 14, 2017

Two questions… 1. If you were terminally ill but were given the chance to live forever as a robot – would you take it? 2. What if we developed a super computer programed to learn from their mistakes who decided humans were expendable? Both of these premises come together in Mark Alpert’s thrilling nov......more