The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner

Subtitled: crack the code - or tomorrow is history!

Imagine that the World is a living organism like a human body with it's own immune system also like a human body with antibodies and macrophages to attack disease. Imagine then that Man is the disease and that a scientist creates this world immune system which starts attacking man right here in New Zealand. Better still it attacks the North Island, north of Auckland and Auckland is under threat. This is a South islanders' dream. Well then this is roughly what this science fiction/fantasy novel is all about.

Rebecca, Tane and Fatboy are the main characters in this story, all teenagers of higher than normal intelligence, who stumble upon a message from the future which tells of impending doom for the planet. After supplying them the means to oppose and resist what is happening by giving them the winning Lotto numbers with Powerball, the three teenagers in an action packed story, set about cracking the Tomorrow Code to save the world.

Heady stuff, although the science may non-plus a few readers, including this reviewer. I enjoyed the story and so will you.

Aimed at intermediate and high school students this is a great read with some of the best action scenes I have read since John Marsden's War Series. Go for it

Reviewed by Bob


Published by Walker Books

The Tomorrow Code is a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in the Young Adult Fiction Category.