Mari Mancusi

An action-packed adventure set in a futuristic world from the beloved author of The Once and Future Geek, perfect for fans of Wings of Fire and Dragonwatch. Now in paperback! One wrong move, and it's game over. Welcome to DRAGON OPS, the world's first augmented-reality video-game theme park. Set on a once-deserted island, our three beta players--classic gamer geek Ian; his adventure-seeking sister, Lily; and their too-cool-for-gaming cousin, Derek--have been lucky enough to score an invite to play before the fully immersive experience opens to the public. But once inside, they find themselves trapped in a game taken over by a rogue AI dragon called Atreus, and suddenly the stakes go beyond the virtual world. With no cheat codes, guidebooks, save points, or do-overs, they'll need all their cunning and video-game hacks to beat the game...and survive in real life. Action-packed and unputdownable, Dragon Ops will thrill gamers and reluctant readers alike with high-tech adventure and electrifying twists and turns.

Dragon Ops

Lynn Braden

Ian has been a gamer for years and his favorite is Fields of Fantasy. For the first time, Fields of Fantasy is being made into a theme park where players can have a live action/virtual adventure. Ian, his sister Lilly, and their cousin Derek will be among the first to test out the new park because Ian's uncle is part of the design team. It isn't long after they arrive that they are thrown into the adventure, but it turns out that something is wrong with the game and the lines between what is real and what is a game becomes blurred. The three players find themselves on a quest to defeat a dragon that they can't escape, and it might mean their real life deaths if they can't win.

The concept for the book, Dragon Ops is not a new one, but there are some fresh ideas in the story that do make it unique, however, they are not enough to make this more than an average story about a game quest gone wrong. Lots of pop culture references liven up the story, but a little more humor would have made it easier to identify with the characters and their story arcs. Overall, Dragon Ops is a fairly average story about a video game gone wrong.

Dragon Ops

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