Zero Override
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AI
androids
artificial intelligence
Author_Steve Blackman
bots
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Category=YFG
Category=YFN
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Category=YXFR
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coding
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forthcoming
hackers
london
mi6
robots
spy
virus
Product details
- ISBN 9780702348358
- Weight: 270g
- Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Scholastic
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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i, Robot meets Alex Rider: a high-stakes adventure
debut for readers of 10+, featuring a group of young underground
hackers who steal from the rich in a world populated with bots
and AI.
In a near-future London where humans and humanoid bots live side
by side, a sophisticated virus is infiltrating the national system.
If it uploads fully, every intelligent machine in the country
- from home assistants to hospital bots to android enforcers -
will shut down.
Zero, a thirteen-year-old hacker whose day job is to sneak into
high-security server rooms and 'liberate' funds from undeserving
corporations, has a serious distrust of bots - and no real interest
in saving the world. But the virus threatens the life of Grace,
his younger sister, who - as a result of the car crash that killed
their parents ten years ago - now has a machine heart.
No one will work harder than Zero to stop the upload. Except perhaps
Andi, a mysterious humanoid bot who has appeared with secrets
of his own. Zero doesn't trust him. He doesn't even like him.
But with only hours on the clock, the only way to protect Grace
might be to partner up. And along the way, he must come up against
MI6 - and unravel his own past...
A fast-paced, page-turning adventure full of punchy action,
intrigue, a hero to root for and a memorable cast - both human
and android.
The pace, thrills and stakes of spy novels like Cherub
and Alex Rider, but from the rebellious angle of a Robin-Hood-style
underground organisation.
Tackles the hot and ever-growing topic of AI head on, asking
thought-provoking questions about what it means to be human in a
world of intelligent machines.
