SuitabookIdentity and personhood
Kaine is presented as a computer program that has become alive, and his plan involves placing Tangent minds in human bodies.
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James Dashner - Author
An exciting virtual-world thriller in which Michael confronts a disturbing revelation about Kaine and a plan involving human bodies and computer minds. Its central appeal is likely the collision between technology, identity and peril.
Michael completed the Path. What he found at the end turned everything he'd ever known about his life completely upside down. He thought he'd been helping VirtNet Security to track down the cyber-terrorist Kaine. He thought the VirtNet would be safe for gamers once more. But the truth is more terrifying than he could ever have imagined. Kaine is in fact a Tangent, a computer program that has come alive. And Kaine's master plan is to populate the earth entirely with human bodies harbouring Tangent minds. Unless Michael can stop him ... From the New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series comes The Rule of Thoughts, the exciting sequel to The Eye of Minds. Fans of the Divergent series by Veronica Roth and The Hunger Games will love the new Mortality Doctrine series.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceAn exciting virtual-world thriller in which Michael confronts a disturbing revelation about Kaine and a plan involving human bodies and computer minds. Its central appeal is likely the collision between technology, identity and peril.
Kaine is presented as a computer program that has become alive, and his plan involves placing Tangent minds in human bodies.
Michael believed he was helping VirtNet Security protect gamers, but the threat is revealed as a plan affecting the whole Earth.
The premise introduces frightening ideas about cyber-terrorism, bodies being inhabited, and an attempt to populate Earth with non-human minds. Consider discussing these concepts beforehand if bodily autonomy or existential threats may feel intense.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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