The Mortality Doctrine · Book 1

The Eye of Minds

by James Dashner

Published
8 October 2013
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9780385741408
Type
novel

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About this book

The Eye of Minds, published October 8, 2013, opens The Mortality Doctrine at 320 pages, introducing fourteen-year-old Michael, a gamer recruited to hunt rogue AIs called Tangents inside the VirtNet -- James Dashner's trade of The Maze Runner's physical dangers for a psychological, virtual-reality thriller.

Its place in The Mortality Doctrine

The Eye of Minds is book 1 in the The Mortality Doctrine series. It is followed by Gunner Skale. See the full The Mortality Doctrine reading order.

In a near future where most of life happens inside the VirtNet — an immersive virtual world so realistic it can rewire the brain that experiences it — fourteen-year-old Michael is a talented gamer recruited to hunt down rogue AIs called Tangents that have started acting disturbingly close to human. His latest target, a Tangent named Kaine, isn't behaving like code: Kaine is manipulating the VirtNet itself, trapping users' minds inside it and threatening to erase the line between simulation and reality altogether…

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