Here’s a short summary of Warcross:
Emika is one of the best hackers and bounty hunters in her city, but when money becomes tight and she is cheated out of a lot of money, Emika takes things to the new level. She hacks into a worldwide-sensational virtual game featuring real-life people called Warcross to earn a few bucks. However, when she is caught and discovered, she’s offered an ultimatum: join this year’s team in the Warcross championships or face the consequences of illegal hacking. SHe takes the obvious route, going as a legal hacker, buts she finds something is not right about Warcross...or its reclusive creator.
Here's a short review of the novel:
This book was one of the most interesting to read; it hooked my by page one - line one, even - and it took a long time to settle itself out of my head when I finished reading it. The novel had technological advancements be ever-present in society, showing what would happen if everyone was obsessed with a virtual game and refused to talk in-person. This rang a few sci-fi bells in my head, but essentially - at its heart - it is a dystopian story about a girl named Emika Chen who toughens herself up and learns how to hack, so she can survive in a technological world. The world itself was brilliant and how things were set up - glasses that gave you the ability to see little tags resembling names on people’s foreheads, AI translators that worked in-person in one’s head. It was a frantic mess, but a mess I enjoyed nonetheless. The character was spunky and hilarious to read about, the team was loyal and intriguing, and the creator of Warcross had a mind like a fifteen-deckered Rubrik’s cube in complexity.