Maze Cheat

Imagine a dark future, so drenched in acid rain that people are afraid to step outside unprotected. In this world the earth’s inhabitants escape their actual lives in The Maze, a computer generated reality created by the Crater Corporation. Beautiful, talented Gamerunners play The Maze for money and fame, while Cheats holed up in tankshops all over the city try to create programmes that will help the players reach the endgame.

Ario is a Cheat, the best Cheat ever known, but lately her programmes seem to result not in the ultimate victory but the ultimate failure, death. When a badly burned boy from inside the Crater Corporation is brought into her tankshop Ario realises this mysterious stranger may hold the key to the lethal secret of The Maze.

Following on from The Game Runner, this cleverly-written book encourages the reader to think for themselves rather than providing easy explanations. With fascinating characters, a thrilling story and an intriguing dystopian setting, this is a novel that will engross young readers.