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  • Published: 1 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780857982766
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $22.99

Machine Wars




The Bourne Identity meets The Terminator in this fast-paced technothriller for boys aged 10 to 14.

The Bourne Identity meets The Terminator in this fast-paced technothriller for boys aged 10 to 14.

It was only a matter of time until one escaped.

Bram just wasn't expecting it to be today.

In the sky, drones are hunting him. On every corner, machines are waiting to kill him.

But Bram has a plan. First, scatter and hide. Then, with his best friend and wise-cracking roboduck, help to save the world.

  • Published: 1 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780857982766
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Michael Pryor

Michael Pryor has published more than twenty-five fantasy books and over forty short stories, from literary fiction to science fiction to slapstick humour. Michael has been shortlisted six times for the Aurealis Awards, has been nominated for a Ditmar award, and six of his books have been CBCA Notable Books, including three books in the Laws of Magic series. Michael's most recent books include The Chronicles of Krangor series for younger readers, The Laws of Magic series and The Extraordinaires series for older readers, as well as 10 Futures, a collection of interlinked stories imagining what our next 100 years might be like, and middle grade technothriller Machine Wars.

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Praise for Machine Wars

You don’t really ‘read’ this fantasy adventure. The action comes at you so hard and fast that you surge ahead, worried that our young heroes are doing to die an extremely horrible death, fried alive by spat-out globs of molten metal, or squashed flat by ruthless metal beasts. Upper primary readers will revel in the action and interminable excitement of this fantasy action ‘rattling good yarn’ action adventure.

Russ Merrin, Magpies

Is it wrong that if the end of the world is going to look like this, I kinda wanna bring it on? Super-smart, killer robots made out of your everyday appliances. Michael Pryor makes annihilation look fun with a great mix of action and wit.

insideadog.com.au