Thursday, May 24, 2007

The Choice by Gloria Skurzynski

Ever since Corgan escaped his mortal enemy, Brigand, by fleeing the Florida domed city, he's felt haunted. He's haunted by the fact that Brigand is still in power in Florida, torturing innocent citizens (including Corgan's friend Thebos), but above all by the bitter memory that he ran away from Brigand rather than staying to fight. Corgan believes he mad the right choice at the time, but now he wants to face Brigand in one final battle. His passengers in the stolen zero-gravity spaceship- Sharla, Ananda, and Cyborg- have different ideas. Tired of arguing, Corgan chooses to land the ship in the only place he has ever been happy. But even there disaster follows him, until Sharla reveals a secret that gives him hope-hope that he can once again become the hero he was meant to be. This time, Corgan intends to stand up to Brigand, win or lose, in a fight to the death. This Thrilling sequel and conclusion to the Virtual War Chronologs has been eagerly awaited by Gloria Skurzynski's many fans.

The Choice by Gloria Skurzynski follows the story of Corgan and his companions on their quest to defeat his best friend's evil twin brother. All the the loose ends are neatly severed and most questions are left answered in a nice finale way. This book is pretty interesting and nice for a final book. My only complaint is that this book is basically a 200 page filler. A large portion of the book the main characters spend on a deserted island trying to resolve a minor minor minor problem that has no consequences whatsoever to the final outcome of the book. Another large portion of the book is reserved for the petty talk the main characters have after they save the world, which is really really tempting to skip. Another part of the book the characters spend time recalling all the events that took place in the previous book which, if you are reading this book, you apparently have some prior knowledge of the other books in the series. Wait, I almost forgot similar to how the author almost forgot to add the one page final action scene in where Corgan defeats his greatest adversary.

Overall this book could have been squeezed into the third book and nothing would have been lost. For those who have read the other books in the Virtual War series I would recommend this book to you. For those who have not read the previous book in the series I would not recommend this series book to you, but in all fairness you cannot rate a whole series based on only one book. In my opinion the Virtual War Chronologs in a whole is very much worth reading.

Rating (0 - 10 scale): 5

Reviewer Age: 17
Reviewer City, State and Country: Starkville, Mississippi United States of America

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