Hilketa is supposed to be safe for Hadens-their physical bodies are safely at home while their threep head is being ripped off-but when a player named Duane Chapman dies during a game, Chris and Vann don’t believe for a second that it was an accident. Hilketa is gladiator-like sport played exclusively by Hadens, where the object of the game is to lop off the head of one of the players and get it into the goal at the end of the field. The first book in the series introduced us to private investigator Chris Shane, whose fame as a child Haden has followed him into adulthood, and his non-Haden partner Leslie Vann, a wise-cracking heavy drinker with a keen sense of observation.Ĭhris and Leslie are back in book two and immediately become embroiled in the suspicious death of a famous Hilketa player, which leads to a full-blown investigation as they delve into the seedy underbelly of professional sports. Dubbed Hadens after the name of the disease, these people have flourished-in great part due to government funding-with access to a “Hadens only” virtual world called the Agora, and the invention of “threeps,” sophisticated robots that use neural connections to allow Hadens to walk around and interact with others.

Lock In takes place in a near-future world where a crippling disease has made a percentage of the population unable to utilize their bodies in any way, even though their brains function normally. The nitty-gritty: Scalzi expands on the fascinating world of Lock In with this sports-centric sequel that won’t disappoint his many fans, and will likely earn him some new ones.įour years ago I read my very first Scalzi book and loved it.

This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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