Netman the Legend by F. C. Erlanger
Lunchbox Press, 2001
ISBN 0-9678285-0-3
Children Fiction / Science Fiction
8 - 14 years

Reviewed by Beverly J. Rowe, MyShelf.com
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Based on the Netman character created by Bud Wall, this is a mind-stretching journey into cyberspace. Fifteen-year-old Weldon is the pre-eminent computer genius of his time, battling greed and corruption in the government of Thrae and on the Web. He and his band of super teens are challenged by BeezleButt and a group of criminal Viruses who have escaped from Virus Prison and threaten the Galaxy with takeover. These Viruses defy the imagination with names like Leprosy B2 and LockJaw, and descriptions such as "a one eyed protoplasm ball covered with oozing lesions."

Weldon and the teens imprint their brain waves on Cyborgs, Netman and the Cybersquad and launch them into cyberspace to deal with the militant escapees.

Lots of fast action, a wild imagination, and rare humor mark this first novel. Well developed characters on both sides of the action keep the interest level high. This futuristic hi-tech adventure by superkids will keep tweens that are Sci-fi fans reading to the end and asking for more. It has a plot that takes the reader beyond reality and across dimensions in a world peopled by villains that are scary, and teen aged heroes that are bigger than life.

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