Warchild
2002
First Published
4.09
Average Rating
451
Number of Pages
Part of Series
The merchant ship Mukudori encompasses the whole of eight-year-old Jos' world, until a notorious pirate destroys the ship, slaughters the adults, and enslaves the children. Thus begins a desperate odyssey of terror and escape that takes Jos beyond known space to the homeworld of the strits, Earth's alien enemies. To survive, the boy must become a living weapon and a master spy. But no training will protect Jos in a war where every hope might be a deadly lie, and every friendship might hide a lethal betrayal. And all the while he will face the most grueling trial of his lifebecoming his own man.
Avg Rating
4.09
Number of Ratings
2,245
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
18%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
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