Urban explorer Halley and video game tester Roscoe are both enjoying their normal-sounding jobs. However, recent events threaten to crash their comfortable lives. Halley is intrigued by the one abandoned building on her futuristic island that she has never entered, and Roscoe is confronted with a realistic glitch in her game. In search of answers, they’ll soon cross their playable areas and encounter more frightening battles in the real world. Lauren Smyth’s debut Warsafe combines intrigue-filled action with hard questions and two fully rendered heroines. Stakes rise and worlds clash, leading to reader satisfaction with this standalone contemporary sci-fi.

Best for: Teens and young adults who love dystopian sci-fi stories and video games.

Discern: Mild violence and potentially gross medical problem depictions.

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