The Mortality Doctrine · Book 3
The Rule of Thoughts
- Published
- 26 August 2014
- Pages
- 331
- ISBN-13
- 9780385741415
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Rule of Thoughts arrived August 26, 2014, continuing Michael's pursuit of the Tangent Kaine at 331 pages as the VirtNet itself becomes a trap, part of the single continuous story Dashner tells across all three novels.
Its place in The Mortality Doctrine
The Rule of Thoughts is book 3 in the The Mortality Doctrine series. It follows Gunner Skale. It is followed by The Game of Lives. 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 9780552571159
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780385741415