Z. Rex

Alternate Titles

• Zed Rex

Description

Jurassic Park meets virtual gaming in a blockbuster new thriller!You're 14 and find yourself on your own. Your father, who has developed the world's cutting edge research on virtual electronic game-playing, has been missing for weeks. And suddenly you're being hunted by men with guns, your picture is on the news, and, worst of all, something seemingly impossible is chasing you—a savage, man-eating dinosaur. How can that be? Why is everyone trying to capture you? And what is your strange connection with this 21st-century prehistoric monster?Steve Cole has created an absurdly gripping and kid-friendly thriller that will capture imaginations. If Jurassic Park were to meet Alex Rider, the result might well be this irresistible new novel.

Description

From Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Edinburgh, Scotland, thirteen-year-old Adam Adlar must elude police while being hunted by a dinosaur come-to-life from a virtual reality game invented by his father, who has gone missing.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction

Series Statement

• The hunting -- bk. 1

Other Editions

• Z. RexElectronic resourcePenguin USA, Inc.2009-01-01
• Z. RexPhilomel Books2009