The Softwire: Science Fiction novels from PJ Haarsma


	The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 - Hardcover Thirteen-year-old Johnny Turnbull has always known there was something different about him, even before he and two hundred other kids landed on the first ring of Orbis. But once their spaceship lands, he is identified as the first-ever "softwire" -- a human with the ability to enter and communicate with computers through his mind -- and becomes the focus of intergalactic intrigue. Johnny and the rest of the refugee orphans are put to work in alien factories, and very quickly things go very wrong. When the all-knowing, all-controlling, and technologically "perfect" central computer starts malfunctioning, suspicious eyes turn to Johnny. Is he the one responsible? This action-packed, fast-paced sci-fi novel will keep kids on the edge of their seats. ISBN-13: 9780763627096/ $15.99, Age Range: 10 and up "Skillfully crafted." School Library Journal For book trailers and free dowloads vist the Softwire website here!

	The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 - Paperback A human boy with an uncanny link to computers finds danger and discovery on the rings of Orbis in this riveting sci-fi adventure. Paperback with new cover for books one. ISBN-13: 9780763636388/ $ 6.99, Age Range: 10 and up "Exotic aliens, dangerous situations and faced past adventurer... sf fans will happily hang in with JT.." Booklist

	The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbis 2 - Hardcover On Orbis 2, Johnny Turnbull has a new home and a new job, one that pushes his softwire abilities to painful limits. JT is the only one who can communicate with the Samirans, large aquatic aliens who have cooled the crystals on Orbis for nearly two thousand rotations. But as the Samirans’ work rule ostensibly comes to a close, they have grown dangerously agitated, and JT must find out why. What he learns is that the prosperity of Orbis is built on a brutal system of enforced labor -- and that everyone seems to have something to hide. Can JT appease the Samirans before their threat is realized? And if he doesn’t, will his friends survive? In this second episode of THE SOFTWIRE, PJ Haarsma takes readers on another lightning-paced, cyber-fueled ride through the amazing universe he introduced in THE SOFTWIRE: VIRUS ON ORBIS 1. Sci-fi fans will tear through this new adventure as Johnny Turnbull -- first human softwire -- finds more danger and intrigue on the next ring of Orbis. ISBN-13: 9780763627102/ $16.99, Ages 10 and up. "...a strong science-fiction read for the younger teen set.." Booklist

	The Softwire: Wormhole Pirates on Orbis 3 - Hardcover After two rotations working as knudniks on the Rings of Orbis, Johnny Turnbull and his friends are anxious about what awaits them on Orbis 3. But before their shuttle even lands, they are attacked by a ruthless band of wormhole pirates. When one of them delivers a cryptic message to JT—Tell him we put on a good show all right, Softwire—JT can only wonder: who does the pirate mean? On Orbis 3, the kids learn that they don’t have to work this rotation, but they will have to go to school—along with a bunch of bullying and resentful Citizens who would like nothing more than to see JT and his friends suffer. But JT senses something even more sinister in the air. Could that alien he keeps spotting, the one with the skull and crossbones on his arm, be a wormhole pirate? And why does someone seem to be luring JT into a deadly and competitive game where the stakes are higher than JT can even imagine? In stores March 10, 2009

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