The Recruit
The offer he couldn’t refuse trapped him in a game he may never win.
Bryce never meant to disappear. At the start of his senior year of high school, his focus was on getting into college, running track, and spending time with his girlfriend Maggie. But a cryptic invitation to join an elite computer programming unit changes everything.
Inside The Recruit.
Bryce never meant to disappear. At the start of his senior year of high school, his focus was on getting into college, running track, and spending as much time as possible with his girlfriend Maggie. But a cryptic invitation to join an elite computer programming unit at one of the world’s top high-tech gaming companies unlocks a level of intrigue and deception far beyond his imagination.
Together with fellow recruits Charlie and Rachel, Bryce enters the shadowy realm of billionaire Ji Yao and his company’s secret project to bridge the virtual world. As the toll from late-night coding assignments mounts and other recruits begin disappearing, Bryce realizes too late that he’s made a terrible mistake.
The Recruit is the middle book of the Final Kingdom trilogy — Bryce’s origin story, told in flashback. The story that explains how he ended up needing to be found.
Reading the trilogy in order.
Final Kingdom is one continuous story across three books. The Missing opens with Bryce already gone — and Zach trying to figure out what happened. The Recruit rewinds to show how Bryce got pulled into the JOSHUA Project in the first place. The Bridge brings it all together.
Read them in order. The middle book carries weight the others can’t on their own.
What readers are saying
“My son loved this as much as the first book and is excited to start the third book in the series!”
— Parent
“It was so cool how the main character got trapped in a video game. I felt like I was really there! I read the series in a few days. I couldn’t put it down!”
— Reader review
“Our reluctant reader couldn’t put the books down.”
— Parent
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