The Mortality Doctrine · Book 1
The Eye of Minds
- Published
- 8 October 2013
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9780385741408
- Type
- novel

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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780375990014
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781448174195
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780857533135