The Ultimate Escape

This thriller written about a young boy and his family trapped in a virtual prison in the socialist country of Corteguay, takes place in the year 2025 when computers are our main source of daily activities. When Julio Cortez realizes he's being trapped in a prison by the Corteguayan government, he seeks imediate attention to his friends for help. Matt, Andy, Megan, Mark, and David are all shocked about what he has to say and plan to make every move possible to help their friend. The only way they are able to make contact with him are through simulated flight missions of past wars. Julio himself has had success in such simulations, but in Corteguay, technology is scarce as the citizens there have remained to tools from the 21st century. Almost all contact to the outside world is impossible. Julio's father, Ramon Cortez, is running for president here in Corteguay's first public election. The pressure on the family is intense as they face torture and death. This makes Julio's friends time limited.

This was an action-packed cyber mystery set 25 years into the future. After their friend must leave the United States for a totalitarian state, a group of teenage computer whizzes team together to free him from a political prison. The ending was quite sad and brought tears to my eyes. This book showed the values of friendship and the horrors of a totalitarian state while offering an exciting, action packed futuristic adventure for teens.

This book was so cool I couldn't put it down. I'm definately buying more Tom Clancy's Net Force books.

I myself do not enjoy reading but the book Net Force the Ultimate escape is an exiting dive into a world of realistic, believable science fiction. It doesn't take make you gag at the unrealality like others and yet it delivers the exitement you want. Its ending with a supprising different twist will deliver a blast of astonishment to you. A killer book.

The Ultmate Escape is the best Tom Clancy book that I have read. It's about Julio, the son of a father who is running for president of Courteguay, a small island nation that does not accept high technology. Julio is captured and sent to a virtual prison with the rest of his family and the U.S.A. has to rescue them before the elections. Julio virtually escapes and tells some Net Force Explorer friends he meets in a flight simulator that he is in a prison. His Net Force friends think Julio is a Rift, a bug that connects the mind and the programming so you can imagine anything. The Net Force makes a plan to get them out but a million things can go wrong. It is very exciting and full of interesting technology. I would recomend reading the other Net Force books first.