Is it an accident or murder? FBI Agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth―and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field. Most will suffer no worse than flu-like symptoms, but an unlucky one percent will be changed forever. Not long from now, a virus will sweep the globe. Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. Discover the history of Hadens Syndrome, the virus that created the world of John Scalzis inventive near-future thrillers Lock In and Head On, in the prequel novella Unlocked. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it. But all the players are “threeps,” robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden’s Syndrome, so anything goes. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. Head On has us tagging along with FBI Agent and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. Head On by John Scalzi is the companion follow up to Lock In.I was excited to return to this science fiction world altered by a virus known as Haden’s syndrome. Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi's trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports. John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In.
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