Head on / John Scalzi.
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it. Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field. Is it an accident or murder? FBI Agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth--and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765388919
- ISBN: 076538891X
- Physical Description: 335 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Tor, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
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| Genre: | Sports fiction. Horror fiction. Science fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 19 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | FIC Scalzi (Text) | 38950611157399 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F SCALZI (Text) | 22281500136908 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F SCA (Text) | 0020511815233 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gibsonville Public Library | F Scalzi (Text) | 30449000021546 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F SCA (Text) | 900000000576422 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | SCA (Text) | 33258008840337 | Adult Fiction Science Fiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | F SCALZI (Text) | 39493108340300 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC SCALZI (Text) | 36015000337184 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | F SCALZI John (Text) | 50669012292836 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | F S (Text) | 25908006804921 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
