RAT RUNNERS
Book ID/图书代码： 04300012B54947
English Summary/英文概要： Cool, edgy characters and a pulse-racing plot - meet the Rat Runners... Four young criminals are given a simple task by the city’s most powerful gangster. Nimmo, Scope, Manikin and FX have to steal a box from the daughter of a dead scientist. To find it, they have to follow her, bug her phone, hack her computer, search her home, all without her knowing. But WatchWorld run this city now. On every street, the authorities have cameras, X-ray scanners, microphones. Safe-Guards wander the streets, watching, listening. They can enter your home and you can’t stop them. They have the right to stand and watch you as you go about your life. They can see through walls, hear your heartbeat, analyze the smell of your sweat. Nimmo, Scope, Manikin and FX work in the blind-spots, where the city’s surveillance cannot see them. They travel along the rat-runs, avoiding the watchers. But the ’simple’ job quickly goes sour. Caught in a maze of deception, treachery and murder, the rat-runners have to stay ahead of the game, to stay alive...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如果你生性坦荡，但就无所畏惧…
四个年轻的窃贼，一项简单的任务：在无人察觉的情况下，去偷一位被谋杀的科学家女儿的一只黑色皮革盒。但 WatchWorld 现在控制着伦敦，而且组织掌握着一切信息资料。
每一条主要的街道现在都由热敏感和x射线摄像机监控。麦克风，无人机可以轻松记录下几百英尺远的地方的一切。在街上巡逻的，半人及其的安全警卫，他们可以透过墙壁，听到你的心跳，分辨出的焦虑情绪。
但Nimmo, Scope,，Manikin和 FX 却能隐蔽得很好。利用城市的盲点，他们穿行在地下犯罪国度里，直到受骗受困于狭窄夹道中，陷入危险之中。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：‘Rat Runners by Oisin McGann is about two teenage boys and two feisty girls. These professional thieves are surviving in a gang-dominated London governed by Watchworld, which rules by surveillance. I hope someone’s snapped up the film rights.’
Featured in the article Children’s Summer Reading in The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/childrens-summer-reading-writing-for-teenagers-8722952.html
‘Personally I love action and adventure, so a spy book like Rat Runners seemed like it was the perfect choice for me. And it was! There was masses of action from the very first chapter . . . This story is suitable for any age that loves action, adventure and can keep up with this fast paced plot!’--The Guardian
‘Travel a few years beyond the “Now” of Colfer’s London vision and we find ourselves, in Oisín McGann’s Rat Runners, in a city and a society under permanent surveillance. This is a dystopian, post-Orwellian environment, “filled with X-ray cameras”, where technological sophistication in the hands of the Watchworld and the Safe-Guards controls virtually every aspect of the citizens’ lives. McGann’s chilling plot focuses on four teenagers entangled in a sequence of events involving, among much else, forensic science, computer hacking, body implants and nanotechnology. These young people are the rat runners of the title, employed by the gangsters of the city’s criminal underworld to assist in pursuing their deadly ends. The action is fast and, occasionally, violent; the language is, in places, earthy, and the characters, especially the one with the Northern Irish accent, colourful.’--Robert Dunbar, The Irish Times
‘Irish author Oisín McGann looks set to become a key player in the science-fiction industry . . . Fast-moving and punchy, this well-written novel should hold the attention of young teenagers used to the cut and thrust of video gaming. With a clever and exciting plot and strong and endearing characters, this is an Oliver Twist for the 21st century.’--Diarmuid Murray, The Sunday Business Post
‘McGann has created a complex, intriguing and believable world for his readers, something which, in YA dystopian Science-Fiction, is easier said than done. For the generation of digital natives this book is aimed at, who have grown up with social networking, online shopping and digital identities, it will seem doubly so. There’s plenty of tech and forensics to thrill Sci-Fi enthusiasts, but explanatory passages are kept clear and concise, and never get in the way of the action. His four main characters are firmly placed in their mid-teens and although each is obviously gifted, intelligent, and street-wise, they remain convincing modern teenagers whom the reader can relate to. Indeed, one of the most impressive elements of this well-written thriller is the sense of trust and respect for both his teenage characters and his teenage audience, which the author conveys throughout. McGann freely offers up his story for our entertainment, trusting that we will care about his characters as much as he does. He sucks the reader in and carries them breathless through the twisted alleyways and underground lairs of the city, making them part of the crew of rat runners hurtling headlong towards the climax that will decide their fate. A must-read for anyone who enjoys action-packed, well-written and exciting new YA.’--Louise Gallagher, Inis Magazine
About the Author/作者介绍： Oisín McGann 1973 年出生于都柏林，年少时在德罗赫达（爱尔兰城市）劳斯郡渡过了自己的童年时光。在贝蕾佛蒙特高级学院和敦劳费尔学校研修艺术和设计专业，随后开展了自己在绘图，设计和电影动画方面的工作。1998 年，他搬至伦敦，最终成为一家广告公司艺术总监和文案。
经历了三个半年的广告人生涯，他深受触动。2002年夏，回到他当初只身闯荡伦敦的爱尔兰......。
如今定居于凯尔斯，是一位作家，自由职业插画家和艺术家。
您也可以登陆 oisinmcgann.com Oisín 的个人网站了解更多关于他的信息。
Born in Dublin in 1973, Oisin spent his childhood there and in Drogheda, County Louth. Unable to conceive of a way to make a living from writing fiction, he decided to fund his dreams of being an author by working as an illustrator (yes, he was that naive).Setting up as a freelance illustrator/artist, he then took up a position at Fred Wolf Films, working on the animated series of Zorro. After completing his contract, he decided to expand his horizons and left for London to seek his fortune. Following three and a half years of working in advertising he became increasingly concerned for his immortal soul. He returned to Ireland much as he had left - with no job, no home and some meagre savings. Ever the optimist, he now works once more as a freelance illustrator and mercenary artist by day and escapist writer by night. He hopes one day to have a decent job, with a pension, a health plan and paid annual holidays.
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