Hex (book)
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| Author | Rhiannon Lassiter |
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| Publisher | |
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| Media type | Print () |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-333-72647-2 and ISBN 0-330-35467-1 |
Hex (Simon Pulse, September 1, 2001, ISBN 0-7434-2211-2) is the first book in a series of novels for young adults, written by Rhiannon Lassiter.
[edit] Overview
The book takes place in the future, sometime in the mid-2300's, in a fictional European superstate controlled by a dictatorship. Air-cars (called 'flitters') are common transport, and the rich and famous literally enjoy "the high life" as buildings have risen miles into the skies, leaving the slums behind at the bottom. Arcades are a regular form of entertainment, school is seen as generally unimportant, and absolutely everything is computerized. A more disquieting aspect of this is the government's ability to control absolutely everything.
Europe is ruled by a dictatorship which has its heart in Transcendence, the most artfully crafted and futuristic city in existence, guarded by cameras in every corner and shielded from the harsh sunlight so that its rich inhabitants may adjust the light as they please. The government controls the media, the economy, and everyone's personal life. Children are registered as soon as they start going to school and the files started on them will never be deleted, trapped in the giant network. The internet spans the entire globe, holding deadly information and power, and out of anyone's control except for Raven.
Raven is the book's main character, and its most regular narrator though other characters step in occasionally to tell their side of the story. Raven is one of the world's most brilliant computer hackers, and she is a Hex. Hexes are genetic mutants designed to make humans more compatible with technology and their existence in the European Federation is illegal by law. As soon as children start going to school, they are subjected to a series of medical exams and the hexes are identified, taken away, and "exterminated." Raven, however, has managed to escape school and any kind of official identification, legally she doesn't exist. As the most powerful Hex alive, she can manipulate the Net to her every whim and she erased her own identity with less than a thought.
There are two sequels to Hex, forming a Trilogy:
