If you liked Brainjack, you should like Insignia too. Some people may think this has a slow start with the training and Tom making friends, but when Kincaid leads to the climax, I couldn't put the book down because I wanted to know what the outcome of the battle would be.
Tom's father is a compulsive gambler and they have never stayed in one place for very long. Tom is supposed to attend a virtual school (an alternative school), but he would rather play video games than anything else. He is approached by the military to become a recruit as a combatant in World War III. World War III is fought in space with humans operating combat machines. In the future war humans do not die but machinery is destroyed.
All recruits have a neural processor installed in their brains to make them smarter and faster to fight with the machines. As Tom goes through training, he has to learn to work as a team in the various simulations, but his maverick qualities do not allow him to do this. As with any science-fiction idea of a computer installed in your brain, computer hacking is brought into play. Tom not only has to fight to outwit his enemies but also has to decide if giving up his freedom something to sacrifice to be important?
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