A Race Against Time: A Novel (Virtual Reality, Book 1)

A Race Against Time: A Novel (Virtual Reality, Book 1)

Kelly and her brother Tim accompany their uncle, an eccentric computer genius, on a dangerous mission using an advanced virtual reality chamber, where they must rely not only on logic, but on their Christian faith, to survive. Gr. 7^-10. In this first book in the Virtual Reality series, a brilliant scientist experimenting with recombinant DNA develops a deadly virus and accidentally infects himself and several others. Before falling into a coma, he informs his brother that the formula--and the cure--are hidden inside a virtual-reality computer program. The brother contrives to blackmail the world by threatening to release the virus and then sell the cure. First, however, he must find the formula. Morty Craft, a retired FBI computer specialist, is hired to solve the mystery of the deadly outbreak of disease. Aided by his teenage niece and nephew, he explores the quirky computer world to find the formula before the evil brother does. By overcoming a series of obstacles designed to test one's spiritual resolve, the trio finds the formula, just in time. Despite the lackluster title and the moralizing tag-on about "True Reality" versus virtual reality, this is fascinating fare for young computer literates. Shelley Townsend-Hudson