From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. Raven and her associates are still battling the corrupt 24th-century European Federation as well as Kalden, the evil doctor thought to have been killed in the second volume. Searching for other mutant Hex teens while still not completely understanding the strength of their abilities to interface with technology, the group members bravely confront their destiny when they rescue teen siblings Gift and Talent. Just before their mother dies, she gives them the file that will explain the Hex past and carve the future of the world. The strength of the characters, their willingness to fight, their survival instinct, and goodness ring true, even if everything is a little glossed over. The hair-raising dangers create a fast-paced read yet the discussions by the characters add a thoughtful tone to the story. While this installment can stand alone, having read the previous two books will establish a more complete picture of the characters and their world. Librarians compiling "If you liked-" bibliographies that include Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's Midnight Predator (Delacorte, 2002), Nicole Luiken's Violet Eyes (Pocket, 2001), and Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy (Knopf) will want to add this series to the list.
Molly S. Kinney, Peach Public Libraries, Fort Valley, GACopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Reviewed with Rhiannon Lassiter's
Shadows. Gr. 7-10. These two paperbacks continue and complete the Hex trilogy, with the same nonstop action that distinguished Hex [BKL Ja 1 & 15 02]. In Shadows, teen hacker extraordinaire Raven is captured by the secret government agency bent on destroying the Hex-human mutants. She's put into the clutches of the very scientist whose secret laboratory she had destroyed and who wants to plumb the depths of her supercomputer mind. Meanwhile, her fellow Hexes are forging a partnership with an antigovernment rebel group and making plans to rescue her. In Ghosts, the new amalgamation of Hexes and rebels comes out of hiding to wreak havoc on the world's computer system and discovers the system itself harbors an evil, threatening blackness. This trilogy is tautly plotted and exciting to the max, and the conclusion will satisfy readers. Sally Estes
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