Brainboy and the DeathMaster

About this book

Darryl Kirby is an orphan. He is also a whiz at computer games -- especially those conceived by Keith Masterly the greatest software guru of all time. But when Darryl plays a new prototype of his favorite game StarMaster strange things begin to happen. After he finds his way through a tortuous maze and answers questions that could stump a scientist a mysterious message -- "WANT TO PLAY?" -- invites him into a game in which the stakes are higher than they first appear -- a game that eventually lands him in a luxurious laboratory where Masterly has enlisted a brain trust of children for a secret purpose of his own. Befriended by Nina who suspects Masterlys motives Darryl slowly uncovers a sinister plan and finds himself the star in his own real-life computer game. But will he and Nina be able to stop Masterly and escape before it is too late? Brainboy and the Deathmaster is a fast-paced high-tech mystery-adventure by National Book Award finalist Tor Seidler author of the modern-day classic Mean Margaret.