I loved 'Sean Austin's' style of writing, the ability to draw the readers into the world of Reggie and Jeremy, as well as how he managed to add 'life lessons' throughout, which actually aided the boys in their adventure. To be completely honest, I have not read many books along this genre - reality games/sci-fi - I was very curious, however, when I heard about it and read the description.

Who will survive and who will become the real life victim of Echo-7? Can anyone be trusted? Both boys soon find out the other gamers are being kidnapped and that Echo-7 is a very real threat that will stop at nothing to capture all those that have played his game - only this is no game, but real life. What Reggie doesn't know when he forges a parent signature on the permission form to join the group, is that his life was about to get a whole lot worse.Īfter a particularly explosive confrontation with their mother's boyfriend, Reggie and Jeremy decide to hit the road and go to their father's house to live. Reggie, the oldest of the brothers is a Master and invited to attend a focus group for the game. Those who survive are Masters and held in pretty high regard. Echo is a social game where everyone is known by a code name and they all come together to battle Echo through different stages and scenarios. The only things that they have to rely on is one another - and the online video game Echo.

Their mother is never around and is basically clueless as to what goes on with both boys and their father lives a long distance away and is not an active part of their lives.

This is the story of two brothers who have grown up within a very unstable family, complete with an abusive, alcoholic caretaker - otherwise known as their mother's live-in boyfriend. Perhaps, even, a possibility within the near future. With gaming and reality television such a wide-spread and all-encompassing issue in society today, Echo's Revenge is a tale that does not seem overly far-fetched. Imaginative, unique and extraordinarily creepy, Echo's Revenge is a book that will captivate a wide audience range of readers from the young to the young at heart.

ECHO's Revenge by Sean Austin