Dot.Robot Series
| Dot.Robot, Dot.Robot:Atomic Swarm, Dot.Robot:Cyber Gold | |
| Author | Jason Bradbury |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Genre | Children's, Thriller fiction |
| Publisher | Puffin |
| Published | 5 February 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
The Dot.Robot Series is a trilogy of techno-thrillers by Jason Bradbury. The series centres on the characters Jackson Farley, Brooke English, the Kojima Twins and Devlin Lear. The first novel in the trilogy was released on 5 February 2009. Its official website is hosted on a server named in the first novel.[1]
Series
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Dot.Robot (5 February 2009)[2]
- Dot.Robot: Atomic Swarm (7 January 2010)
- Dot.Robot: Cyber Gold (7 April 2011)
Characters
[edit]Main characters
[edit]- Jackson Farley: Jackson Farley is a computer whizz-kid. His favourite computer game is Whisper, which he plays under the alias WizardZombie. He is contacted by Devlin Lear to become a member of MeX, a secret government organisation at the beginning of the first book.
- Brooke English: Brooke English is an American daughter of an Engineer. She spends her time working on self-driving cars and other robotic related projects such as Punk.[3][4]
- The Kojima twins: The Kojima twins are nine-year-old professional gamers. They have three younger siblings and an overbearing father and mother. They recently won the most prestigious gaming competition in Japan.
- Devlin Lear/Mr. Pope: Devlin Lear is a businessman with a ruthless streak.[5] He is the founder of MeX and disappears at the end of the first book, only to reappear in the second. He is revealed to be Jackson's biological father in "Dot.Robot:Atomic Swarm".
- Yakimoto: A ruthless Japanese Diamond dealer/gang boss, Yakimoto killed both of Jackson's parents.[5]
Other characters
[edit]- Mr. Farley: Jackson's father is a strict parent who is still upset about the death of his wife several years earlier.
- JP English: The father of Brooke English, JP is a professor of robotics at MIT.
- Nathaniel Goulman: JP's lab assistant.
Critical reception
[edit]The first novel, Dot.Robot, received generally good reviews with author Eoin Colfer describing it as "The best of a brand new breed of techno-thriller".
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Waite, Jonathon (March 15, 2009). "A novel idea: Dot Robot has its own secret website". Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ Hinton, Chris (22 December 2009). "Review: Dot.Robot". wired.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Jason Bradbury meets a Dot Robot". YouTube. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ "Meet Punk". www.doyouknowanysecrets.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ a b "MEX Logbook". www.doyouknowanysecrets.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
External links
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