In Book Smugglerish, seven severed threep heads out of ten. And, of course, if you like police procedurals, you really can’t go wrong with this second novel. When a star Hilketa athlete dies during a match, Haden FBI agent Chris Shane and their partner Leslie Vann are sent to find the truth behind the death and uncover dangerous secrets behind Hilketa.Īll in all, Head On is a worthy successor to Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi's trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports.

The name of the sport comes from the Basque word for 'murder'. John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Hilketa, a sport played by Hadens, is a combination of football and gladiatorial combat where the goal is to decapitate one Threep player chosen randomly throughout the game and get their head through the goalposts. John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Plot summary Īfter the events of Lock In, the immobile victims of Haden's Syndrome continued to use robotic bodies called Threeps to interact with the outside world. Audible has released two audiobook editions, each with a different narrator, Amber Benson and Wil Wheaton. Head on As much as Scalzi has the scientific creativity of a Michael Crichton, he also has the procedural chops of a Stephen J. The book was published by Tor Books on April 17, 2018.

Head On is a science fiction police procedural novel by American writer John Scalzi.

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