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Author Chapman, Drew, author.

Title The ascendant : a thriller [Hoopla electronic resource] / Drew Chapman.

Edition Unabridged.
Publication Info. [United States] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 28 min.)) : digital.
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Series Garrett Reilly ; bk. 1
Chapman, Drew. Garrett Reilly. Spoken word ; bk. 1
Access Digital content provided by hoopla.
Performer Read by George Newbern.
Summary The judge told Carl that one day he'd have to decide exactly what kind of person he would become. But on Phoenix Island, the choice will be made for him. A champion boxer with a sharp hook and a short temper, sixteen-year-old Carl Freeman has been shuffled from foster home to foster home. He can't seem to stay out of trouble-using his fists to defend weaker classmates from bullies. His latest incident sends his opponent to the emergency room, and now the court is sending Carl to the worst place on earth: Phoenix Island. Classified as a "terminal facility," it's the end of the line for delinquents who have no home, no family, and no future. Located somewhere far off the coast of the United States-and immune to its laws-the island is a grueling Spartan-style boot camp run by sadistic drill sergeants who show no mercy to their young, orphan trainees. Sentenced to stay until his eighteenth birthday, Carl plans to play by the rules, so he makes friends with his wisecracking bunkmate, Ross, and a mysterious gray-eyed girl named Octavia. But he makes enemies, too, and after a few rough scrapes, he earns himself the nickname "Hollywood" as well as a string of punishments, including a brutal night in the "sweatbox." But that's nothing compared to what awaits him in the "Chop Shop"-a secret government lab where Carl is given something he never dreamed of. A new life…A new body. A new brain. Gifts from the fatherly Old Man, who wants to transform Carl into something he's not sure he wants to become. For this is no ordinary government project. Phoenix Island is ground zero for the future of combat intelligence. And for Carl, it's just the beginning…
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Savants (Savant syndrome) -- Fiction.
Brokers -- Fiction.
Cyberterrorism -- Fiction.
Mathematicians -- Fiction.
Genre Suspense fiction.
Added Author Newbern, George, 1964- narrator.
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ISBN 9781442365636 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
1442365633 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Music No. MWT11639658
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