Mindwalker [Goldsboro Exclusive]

by Kate Dylan

Hardcover, 2022

Status

Available

Call number

823.92

Publication

Hodder & Stoughton (2022), 320 pages

Description

"Eighteen-year-old Sil Sarrah is determined to die a legend. But with only twelve months left before the supercomputer grafted to her brain kills her, Sil's time is quickly running out. In the ten years she's been rescuing field agents for the Syntex corporation--by commandeering their minds from afar and leading them to safety--Sil hasn't lost a single life. But when a critical mission goes south, Sil is forced to flee the very company she once called home. Desperate to prove she's no traitor, Sil infiltrates the Analog Army, an activist faction working to bring Syntex down. Her plan: to win back her employer's trust by destroying the group from within. Instead, she and the Army's reckless leader, Ryder, uncover a horrifying truth that threatens to undo all the good she's ever done"--… (more)

Media reviews

Though Captain Sil Sarrah is only 18, her record is legendary – and her time is running out. Sil is a Syntex Corporation Mindwalker, able to take over field agents' brains and guide them to safety, but the supercomputer that allows her to do so will kill her in less than a year. When a rescue
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mission goes wrong and she’s accused of being a traitor, Sil discovers some unwelcome truths about the company she's dedicated her life to – and finds herself strangely drawn to the leader of Syntex's enemies. This SF YA debut boasts pin-sharp characterisation and nail-biting, swift-paced action.
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User reviews

LibraryThing member sylliu
Mindwalker ticks all my boxes of a great read: a fast-paced, twisty, and action-packed sci-fi thriller with a bad-ass main character, both caught up in and fighting the system, plus add an enemies-to-lovers subplot. Sil is an elite "mindwalker" who's been cybernetically enhanced and trained to take
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over the brains of her employers field agents/spies to help extract them from dangerous situations. When one of her assignments goes spectacularly awry and she ends up on the run and thrown in with the resistance, launching her non-stop quest to find the truth, avoid getting killed, righting wrongs, and accidentally falling for her enemy. The worldbuilding is intricate and convincing, and readers of all ages will root for Sil.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2022-09-01

Physical description

320 p.

ISBN

1529392683 / 9781529392685

Local notes

Step 1: Have a supercomputer grafted to your brain
Step 2: Become the best Mindwalker Syntex Technologies has ever seen
Step 3: Prove your innocence when they brand you a traitor

GSFF Book Club, September 2022. Signed and numbered with a purple sprayed edge, exclusive cover, endpapers and "syntex technologies" in purple foil on the boards under the dust jacket. #539 of 2000.

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