Called "the new Arthur C. Clarke" by "The Washington Post Book World" and "a scientist with a fine literary sense" by "The Denver Post," Charles Sheffield has crafted a an exciting adventure about a frustrated teen who just can't seem to do anything right. Jeff Kopal is heir to a powerful military family. He's got everything going for him. Except one thing: Jeff is a total screw-ups. His family has had it. So when Jeff blows off his naval entrance exams he figures his future is basically kaput. Instead, he is being sent by the navy into deep space to deal with rebellious cyborgs. How did that happen? Jeff will have to find out before it's too late. Otherwise, He may become the pawn in someone else's dangerous-and very deadly-game.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 286 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by St Martin's Press .

Charles Sheffield is a mathematician and theoretical physicist by training. His doctoral work was on Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Currently Dr. Sheffield works as chief scientist for the Earth Satellite Corporation, a Washington, D. C. -based firm that specializes in the analysis of data gathered from space. The author of thirty previous science fiction novels, including" Cold as Ice" and" The Ganymede Club" from Tor, Sheffield lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, author Nancy Kress.