Hover Car Racer   by Matthew Reilly Macmillan, 2004, 434 pages, ISBN 1405050632

How easy was it to get stuck into this book?
Hover Car Racer follows young brothers Jason and 'Bug' as they are plunged into the fast and dangerous world of hover car racing, in a futuristic world where almost all vehicles are levitated four feet off the ground. As you might expect, there's loads of action, but sometimes the descriptions of the race can be a bit similar.

Who are the main characters?
The main character is young Jason Chaser, a hover car racer who alongside his brother Bug begins the book driving the pair's cobbled together car, nicknamed the Argonaut, in the hope of succeeding past the regional championships. Other important characters in the book are the pair's chief mechanic Sally McDuff; the shady Prince Xavier who seems perfect at racing; Ariel Piper, a female racer who is the first to do so ever and Scott Syracuse, a former race track driver who has now turned coach and is tutoring Jason and his brother.

What's the storyline?
The story basically follows Jason as he progresses to the prestigious race school on Tasmania, and begins to learn the art of hover car racing. However, he soon discovers that it is not only skill which counts but that the racing world is rife with corruption, treachery, gambling and sabotage, and a good driver has to avoid these as well.

How's it written?
The story basically follows Jason as he progresses to the prestigious race school on Tasmania, and begins to learn the art of hover car racing. However, he soon discovers that it is not only skill which counts but that the racing world is rife with corruption, treachery, gambling and sabotage, and a good driver has to avoid these as well.

Other books by the same author that Tim knows about?
Scarecrow

The overall verdict is
Really good stuff

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