The Lab (novel)
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The Lab is Australian writer Jack Heath's first novel, released in 2006. Jack Heath started to write The Lab when he was 13 and going to Lyneham High School. He finished the first draft at the age of 17. He kept his age a secret from the publishers until he knew they were interested, and they were definitely interested. Jack was told to expand the first draft from 40 000 words to 90 000, but when the project was moved to another department he was told to then shorten it to 70 000.
Only a few people Heath knows (one being his brother Tom) have a copy of the 90 000 word edition.
The Lab was published as a young adult fiction action story. It was released on April 1st 2006, and was published by Pan Macmillan Australia.
A sequel to The Lab has been announced, Remote Control, due for release on April 1st 2007.
[edit] Plot summary
The Lab is a futuristic action book staring 16 year old superhuman Agent Six of Hearts. Six was created to be the ultimate weapon by The Lab which is a ruthless division of the company ChaoSonic.
In this future (the year of which is unknown) there is only one city that the population knows of, and it is run by ChaoSonic. ChaoSonic took over the city and has documented every citizen so as to keep tabs on people and to weed out any spies. Six is one of these spies, he works for a vigilante organisation called "The Deck" which is trying to earn a living through taking down corporations that may be a threat. No Deck member has been documented so they must avoid ChaoSonic detection at all costs.
No one is aware of the fact that Six is a superhuman developed by ChaoSonic and he wishes to keep it that way as he wishes to not be caught by them again. Six is the best agent in the Deck, having a 100% Mission Success rating. Suddenly the Deck begins to investigate The Lab and Six decides to take the assignment to stop anyone from discovering his true identity.
On his mission he meets Kyntak, a 16 year old boy with the same DNA and Six's life is thrown into turmoil.
