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Age at time of review - 12
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Towson,
Maryland,
United States
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Ever since Corgan escaped his mortal enemy, Brigand, by
fleeing the Florida domed city, he's felt haunted. He's
haunted by the fact that Brigand is still in power in
Florida, torturing innocent citizens (including Corgan's
friend Thebos), but above all by the bitter memory that he
ran away from Brigand rather than staying to fight. Corgan
believes he mad the right choice at the time, but now he
wants to face Brigand in one final battle.
His passengers in the stolen zero-gravity spaceship-
Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg- have different ideas. Tired
of arguing, Corgan chooses to land the ship in the only
place he has ever been happy. But even there disaster
follows him, until Sharla reveals a secret that gives him
hope-hope that he can once again become the hero he was
meant to be. This time, Corgan intends to stand up to
Brigand, win or lose, in a fight to the death.
Opinion:
This thrilling sequel and conclusion to the Virtual War
Chronologs has been eagerly awaited by Gloria Skurzynski's
many fans.
The Choice by Gloria Skurzynski follows the
story of Corgan and his companions on their quest to defeat
his best friend's evil twin brother. All the the loose
ends are neatly severed and most questions are left
answered in a nice finale way. This book is pretty
interesting and nice for a final book. My only complaint
is that this book is basically a 200 page filler. A large
portion of the book the main characters spend on a deserted
island trying to resolve a minor minor minor problem that
has no consequences whatsoever to the final outcome of the
book. Another large portion of the book is reserved for
the petty talk the main characters have after they save the
world, which is really really tempting to skip. Another
part of the book the characters spend time recalling all
the events that took place in the previous book which, if
you are reading this book, you apparently have some prior
knowledge of the other books in the series. Wait, I almost
forgot similar to how the author almost forgot to add the
one page final action scene in where Corgan defeats his
greatest adversary. Overall this book could have been
squeezed into the third book and nothing would have been
lost. For those who have read the other books in the
Virtual War series I would recommend this book to you. For
those who have not read the previous book in the series, I
would not recommend this series book to you. In all
fairness, you cannot rate a whole series based on only one
book. In my opinion, the Virtual War Chronologs in a whole
is very much worth reading.
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