Saturday, April 19, 2025

Wildcard: Warcross Series, Book 2

Wildcard: Warcross Series, Book 2 by Marie Lu

The previous book ended on a cliffhanger. Was Emika helping the right side? This book takes that and runs with a number of twists and turns. The new technology has lead to criminals turning themselves in or committing suicide. However, it may be going too far. Some people are inundating the police for guilt of past parking tickets and the like. The creator of the tech (Hideo) is doing it to try to find the people that had abducted his brother. Emika eventually discovers that Hideo's opponent, "Zero" is actually the AI versions of his deceased brother. This boy was part of big project that took kids out with fatal diseases as the guinea pigs. It was their mom who had brought him out. However, now he had become part of a group lead by a quiet women that was trying to take Hideo's tech for their own benefit. Eventually all comes to a positive conclusion. The tech is initially shut down. However, since most of it is so important to society Emika is brought in to help restore it in a positive way.

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