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Hex

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This book was wonderful! It's very similer to Philip Pullman's The Dark Materials only not so sad. Very believeable and not at all faky.

The main character blows off the mushy girl herione tactic with the whole 'I have to save the whole world by myself' attitude that has helped make girls known as Super-Sexy Twitterbrains.Raven is definetly someone I would want around.She is one tuff chic, simply trying to survive in a world were her brains aren't welcome. Litterly.

Raven has mutant genes that enable her to be perfectly in tune with any computer, better than the best hacker, making her illegal, and very dangerous. She's helping her brother find their sister, Rachel, and that means going to the place of certain death, the CPS's lab. The CPS had the legal right to dispose of anyone suspected of having the Hex gene. That means if she get's caught, that's the end. On the way she makes some friends and tons of enemies. The end hinted at some romance in the new book, Hex:Shadows. That's something I'm definetly getting as soon as it comes out!

Despite seeing this book recomended for ages 8-12, I as a 15 year old couldn't put this book down, and the same goes for the sequel. Granted it is shorter and a lot easier to read as other great books, such as Lord of the Rings, but it is truly a good book, and worth the small money and time.

In the late twenty first century a gene was created that enabled human beings to connect directly with computers, to access information in systems all over the world. Now, three hundred years later, the Hexes are being hunted down by the government and systematically exterminated. Raven is one such Hex. Together with her brother Wraith, she has come to London to seek her sister Rachel, who may or may not be a Hex herself. Along with street kid Kez and Ali, a spoilt, rich Hex, Wraith and Raven hunt for clues to Rachel's whereabouts - a search that will lead them to a CPS laboratory, built for the purpose of research into the Hex gene and for testing and exterminating the Hexes themselves.

The first instalment in a trilogy, Hex is a compelling mix of action and sci-fi that will keep you reading until the very end. The pace is incredible, the action is non-stop and the atmosphere is so convincing that you can really imagine travelling through twenty fourth century London. The characters, particularly Raven herself, are fascinating and memorable and really bring this futuristic world to life. I can't wait to read the remaining books - Hex: Shadows and Hex: Ghosts - in the trilogy. Definitely recommend to all teen sci-fi fans.

The most dangerous person in the 24th century is a 15-year-old girl named Raven --- and officially she doesn't even exist. Why? Raven is a Hex --- part human, part super computer. In the late 21st century, Hexes were created by genetically enhancing human children. Hexes can reach into the Net and access information systems from around the world. They can move around the World Wide Web the way other teenagers stroll around a mall. Raven has awesome powers --- she can control computers with her thoughts. Raven is in hiding, though, and she would like to keep it that way. If the secret government finds out that she is alive, she will be killed.

Children with the Hex gene must either fight for their lives, hide away, or be exterminated. The government doesn't want its people to know that Hexes exist. The CPS, a secret government agency, is on a mission to seek and destroy all Hexes. Most die no matter what they do. Raven's sister, Rachel, is already presumed dead, even though she had never shown any sign of being a Hex. While searching the Internet for some sign of Rachel's existence, Raven runs across another fate that Hexes face. A fate worse than death. It is this discovery that will eventually lead Raven, along with her foxy non-Hex brother Wraith, to the place where Hexes die.

HEX is book one of what promises to be an outstanding series by Rhiannon Lassiter. Lassiter does a great job of making the people in her books as real as possible. Even the minor characters have great personalities.

There is a reference to a New York disaster and some talk about terrorism, which takes some of the fun out of this book. This is minor, though, and doesn't take away from the fact that HEX is a book that you are cursed to enjoy.

--- Reviewed by Kat, recent high school grad and young adult fiction diva

Raven is an illegal being - a person who can access computer systems through the interface of her own mind. The genetic experiments of the twenty-first century led to a genetic mutation where certain people become a human computer. These people are known as a Hex. Hex's are dangerous, and are executed for no other reason than they are Hex. Somewhere in the streets of London Raven and her brother Wraith are looking for the missing member of their family - their sister Rachael. Could she be a Hex too?

This book is an awesome combination of science fiction and action adventure. In the future a new type of human has evolved, one that can surf the net and hack into computers with nothing more than a computer terminal and thier own minds. In many ways this book is like the Matrix meets Dark Angel. Raven is a strong character that can leave you gasping as she ruthlessly uses everything at her disposal to stay alive and get what she needs. All of that strength will be needed when she breaks into the organisation that wants to see her dead.

Although this book shows a very bleak future, there is hope that the following books in the series will see Raven and her family show the world what really happens to children and teenagers who are accussed of being a Hex. A gripping novel in a series that should not be missed.

this must be the best book there is in the entire universe!it tells of a mysterious character named raven, and her and her companions fight aginst the EF-the european federation.

raven is an enigma,even to her brother wraith.she is extremely independent and is always clothed in black.to the EF she becomes to be considered as the most dangerous criminal to ever live, because she is a a hex.in the world that she grows up in hexes are called mutants so the EF attempt a genocide of the hexes.raven must fight or her survival as she and wraith arrive in london to find their lost sister,rachel.

wraith and raven experience different things so their personalities are different,wraith taking all responsibilities and raven depending on no one.together they find a mystery that they are impelled to discover and reveal digusting conspiracy within the governments.

i like HEX because you are permitted to enter an almost completely different world to your own with ingenious inventions.the continents are the same so therefore the book may be assimilating what this world may be like in the time that HEX is set-2367.each character has their own wildly dissimilar personality and appearance and crams your imagination with amazing pictures,scenes and people.

the ending is like the end of the world but armed with the knowledge of the existence of the next book in the series,life will carry on.

I don't usually read Sci-fi but we were on holiday and this was the only book in the store that looked like it was worth anything. I found this book to be really good.

It's the story of Ravan a fifteen year old hex who has a strong talent for using her special abilites. She is distant and doesn't relate well to humans, but she is completely confident all the same. Her kind has been hunted by the CPS for centuries, their power to control computors with their mind makes them to dangerous to live. Most had been caught and exteminated but they never caught Raven. She had ensured that they do not even know of her existance. In fact only her brothe reallly knows. Wraith, a kind man who wants to help people. Together they search for Rachel, their young sister who may have been a hex. But they find out something that the government had kept hidden for years. A secret that will warp every hexe's life. With Ali,a frightened clumsy hex from the topmost society of England dragged out of her perfect life into one of total chaos, and Kez, a boy from the slums, they start the fight against the CPS.

This is the first book in the trilogy, I have read the other two since they are allready out in England. I strongly hope you will read them as well.

Alexeika

I read this book in High School and couldnt put it down. I stalked the other 2 parts of the trilogy down and they are all wonderful! A definate must read for all.

Hex is an amazing sci-fi trilogy that will keep you enthralled from the very first page. In the late 21st century, scientists created the Hex gene to improve human knowledge of computers. The project was later abandoned, but mutants with the gene, known as Hexes, continued to be sought out and exterminated.
Years later, Raven, a Hex and possibly the most dangerous teenager in the world, along with her brother, Wraith, travel to London in search of their younger sister, Rachel. There they meet Kez, a streetrat, and Ali, a popular and rich girl who has just discovered that she is a Hex. Soon the group becomes engaged in a dangerous mission that could cost them their lives.
Containing interesting characters with distinct personalities, excellent descriptions, and an imaginative portrayal of the future, Hex is one of the best science fiction books you'll come by and the fitting start to a great series.

I read all three books in the trilogy over a year ago and have recently come to pick them up again. The best feature of the book is the idea, I love reading sci-fi books that don't actually feel sci-fi - the books that I enjoy explaining the plot to friends and family. The reason I didn't give the book five stars was because there wasn't enough romance, and there is always room for romance - where are we without it? Also I would have loved to have more information about the way of life that far ahead into the future, on a more day to day level. The last reason is because i didn't like Raven, although i know why she was cold and heartless I think hope goes a long way but i never felt she would change - it is definitely a first for me to love a book and not love the main character. Despite this the book left me wanting to find out more so it definitely earned four stars.