Vortex (Insignia)
S. J. Kincaid
Language: English
Pages: 416
ISBN: 0062093037
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
S. J. Kincaid has created a fascinating dystopian world for Insignia, her futuristic science-fiction adventure series perfect for fans of Ender's Game. Earth is in the middle of WWIII, a war to determine which governments and corporations will control the resources of the solar system.
Teen Tom Raines grew up with nothing—some days without even a roof over his head. Then his exceptional gaming skills earned him a spot in the Intrasolar Forces, the country's elite military training program, and his life completely changed.
Now in Vortex, the second book in the series, Tom discovers that the Pentagonal Spire, where he and his friends are being trained as superhuman weapons, is filled with corruption. He is asked to betray his friends—the first real friends he's ever had—for the sake of his country.
Will he sacrifice his new life to do what he believes is right?
Johnny et les Morts (Les Aventures de Johnny Maxwell, Tome 2)
Stop Marsh from freeing Tom; they didn’t know Blackburn had a vendetta against Joseph Vengerov, since Vengerov had intentionally implanted him with a neural processor that he knew would kill him or drive him insane. They didn’t know that during his psychotic episode, Blackburn had accidentally killed his own kids, and as a consequence, he’d thought nothing of destroying Tom in search of something he could use in his vendetta against Vengerov, the man he held responsible. But Tom couldn’t even.
A fact you were blacklisted!” In the past, Tom might’ve found it funny, the redness flushing Karl’s face, the big hands clenched into shaking fists. Now he felt oddly detached. This was a waste of his time. “Guess I’m not blacklisted anymore,” Tom said. “Well.” Karl jabbed a big finger at Tom’s chest. Hard. “I’m not gonna let you waltz into CamCo, if that’s what you think. I’ll fight you every step of the way.” Tom considered this situation carefully, because he was very certain Elliot had.
Wyatt shouldn’t be encouraging Tom’s behavior. Chivalry wasn’t charming, it was a weapon of patriarchy, and all in all, this felt like a waste of time to her because she’d already decided she wanted to work with Walton Covner. Tom spent the rest of the time thinking about gnome minions, which unfortunately, confirmed Alec Tarsus’s simpleton theory. Soon, the entire group broke up, and the veteran CamCos gathered together to laugh over things they’d gleaned from the thoughts of younger trainees.
Don’t wanna mess with her. They were both distracted when the harvesters ahead of them stumbled into a Russo-Chinese minefield. The Combatants snapped into action, firing their thrusters to place themselves between the mines and the harvesters. The mines locked onto their vessels and accelerated toward them, so the CamCos veered toward Europa’s surface, until gravity tore the mines down to burst against the massive ice layer. Tom found himself gazing at that moon. Along with the underground of.
That rock could break the window. He had to get there. It was his only chance. He lifted his legs and set them down, drawing step by step toward the window. Each minute felt like a year. Several times, he found himself on the ground, fighting for air. He saw that the door had popped open again to spill light onto the snow. Just to taunt him. Just to offer safety and slam shut again. He kept going. He wasn’t going to fall for it. Then he reached the window and lowered himself clumsily, pawing at.