Net Force 08: Shadow of Honor

Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers #8

by Mel Odom

First Edition

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Thriller, Adventure

Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2000

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

aka Jordan Gray

Mel Odom is a bestselling writer for hire for Wizards of the Coast's Forgotten Realms, Gold Eagle's Mack Bolan, and Pocket's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel book lines. His debut SF novel Lethal Interface made the Locus recommended list . The Rover was an Alyx Award winner. He has also written a scientific adventure of the high seas set in the 19th century entitled Hunters of the Dark Sea. He lives in Oklahoma.

Reviews

[Tacoma Lear · Rating 5 out of 5]

Andy Moore never knew his father, who was killed during the South African War ten years ago and proclaimed a hero. But now a rival student has revealed information that brands Andy's father as the perpetrator of a massacre. As he struggles to find the truth about his father, bad things start happening at his school, things that put every student there at risk. It's clear that Andy isn't the only one interested in what really happened in South Africa and if Andy doesn't figure it out soon, it might just be too late for everyone.

Overall, this book was a great read but I do have some complaints about it. To me, the book doesn't have any type of suspense until about midway through. It mainly builds up to the suspense by a series of events that links to the big picture in some way. Also, on a good note, the book makes sense on its own with no notable links to other books in the series.

This book is obviously made for teens and young adults due to its setting, but adults could take a liking to this book and other books in the series as well. Also, people who like suspense, action, and things that relate to computers will like this book due to the technology that the characters use and how it gets them into trouble.

[Cal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Andy learns that his father is part of a massacre

Authors Purpose- Fun action book about a teen being a spy.

Andy Moore learns that his father may be the executor of a massacre, he begins a search for the truth. But then bad things start to appear at school that put every student in danger. And if Andy doesn't figure it out soon, it might just be too late for everybody. A random boy then goes online in search of shame information concerning a classmate's father's involvement in the South African War of 2024 & discovers something much worse, this was Andy’s father. This group of teens knows just as much about computers, and online crime, as their adult teachers. They are the Net Force Explorers. Andy realizes that his dad truly is a part of the Massacre and stops him from joining the massacre.

Good pace of action throughout!

I think a teenager thats into a high packed action book will love this book. I thought it was a little to much for me. If your not into fighting or action books this is definitely not the book for you.

[NobodySpecial · Rating 4 out of 5]

De Nederlandse vertaling van het boek kostte wat moeite hier en daar. Ondanks dat het niet altijd even lekker liep (in mijn ogen) las het verhaal zelf lekker weg! Een lekker ouderwets cyberpunk verhaal. Soms erg ver gezocht als ze de virtuele werelden bezoeken, maar dat is precies het geen dat ik ook zo leuk vindt aan dit genre. Goed verhaal, lekkere snelheid en ga binnenkort zeker een volgend deel pakken!
(Dutch version - Dutch review)

[Edwin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aardig boek. Redelijk verhaal, maar helaas heeft de Nederlandse vertaling wat foutjes opgelopen, zo worden namen en data nogal eens verwisseld.

Net als bij Netforce, kwam het idee voor Netforce Explorers van Tom Clancy en Steve Pieczenik, maar de boeken zijn niet door Tom Clancy geschreven. Het idee werd door andere auteurs ter hand genomen en tot de boekenreeks Netforce verwerkt. Netforce Explorers is de jongerenversie van Netforce.