Smasher - Hardcover

Bly, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545141184 ISBN 13: 9780545141185

Publisher: The Blue Sky Press, 2014

Synopsis

In this riveting suspense thriller, two children race the clock to stop a futuristic murderer and his plan to enslave the world.

In thirty days, a cold-hearted corporate tycoon will unleash a deadly biological computer virus on the entire world. As the public eagerly awaits his invention that promises ultimate relaxation, harmony, and community, the evil big-business sorcerer plans to put an end to freedom.

Can he be stopped? The world's only hope is if Charlie, a math genius with otherworldly skills, and Geneva, a robotic girl from the future, can team up to track down some very dark secrets. With a method that uses atomic particles, Geneva and Charlie use "Smasher" to break through the walls of time. They travel to find an unlikely solution. But will it work?

Fresh, unique, and gripping, this page-turner also celebrates the power of love, hope, and friendship as it also raises provocative questions about technology, progress, and the nature of persecution.

About this title

From the Author

What if all of your favorite tech gadgets... your iPhone, Android device, Xbox... and all of your most loved websites... Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram... what if one day in the near future... all at once... they all became infected with a terrible computer virus.And what if this was no ordinary computer virus?  What if this was the first computer virus that had the ability to jump from our tech... to us?What if the creator of the virus would be able to control not only all of your electronics and communications, but your mind, your body, even your very life force... and that of everyone you know and love?And what if you were the only person in the world who knew about it in advance?What would you do?Who would you tell?Would anyone even believe you?Would you have the courage to try to save the world?Charlie is a boy from the distant past, a math whiz with a gift for a mysterious power known only as The Hum.  He is brought to the near future in an alternate version of Los Angeles by a time-travelling, butt-kicking robotic girl named Geneva.  She needs his help to stop Gramercy Foxx, a power media tycoon, from releasing just such a virus upon the world, enslaving humanity to his will using the power of the Hum.Our heroes have only twenty days to find a way to stop Foxx with the help of a very special puppy.-- Scott Bly

From the Inside Flap

EVIL.  POWER.  GREED.THEY POISON ANY PLACE OR TIME.When a mysterious, robotic girl rescues 12-year-old Charlie from a pack of bullies, she's actually on a far more desperate mission.  Her name is Geneva, and she has travelled back through a time tunnel to whisk Charlie into the future.  In her time, Charlie's secret powers have become extinct -- except for one extremely dangerous man, who is about to use them to crush free thinking on the entire planet. Come along on an action-filled quest, as Charlie tries to bet the clock and outsmart an insane genius.  Can he use his rare talents to stop this evil, power-hungry man?  And to do so, can he overcome the fears that have always held him back?JACKET DESIGN BY JEANNINE RISKEREINFORCED BINDING--------------SCOTT BLY is the owner and president of a Los Angeles-based computer technology company, where he builds complex computers and "battles computer viruses and hackers," as he puts it.  In 2006, Bly began sketching out a simple novel about a boy who was taken to the future and had to learn everything related to modern technology in a very short time.  Dealing with different time periods, he made the decision to keep the language contemporary for young readers.  Over several drafts, he created additional characters and adventures, and he wrote more than nine versions before his book was finished in 2013.For years, Bly has been teaching computer skills to young people, and while working on this book, he invented games to use in the classroom -- with overwhelming success.  A songwriter, filmmaker, and gamer himself, Bly is developing games based on the world of his book.As a child in Kansas City, Bly had his own experiences with bullies, and he very much identifies with the hero in this book -- a boy who has to overcome his fears in order to achieve something very difficult.  Bly attended film school at USC and has lived in Los Angeles for more than twenty years.  This is his first book.The Blue Sky PressAn Imprint ofScholastic

About this edition

• Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0545141184
• ISBN 13: 9780545141185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256