‘Ice Station staked out Reilly’s claim to be the fastest action novelist around, and Area 7 lifted the pace a notch. Now Scarecrow ups the ante again, a metal storm of a book that just won’t stop’
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‘Reilly is as amazing as his hero—another sensational thriller that has a cracking pace’
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‘Australia’s hot shot young writer, whose plots move faster than a roller coaster, this time makes Scarecrow the target of international terrorists. The pace makes you giddy’
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Matthew Reilly
HOVER CAR RACER
A SPORT LIKE NO OTHER
In the world of the near future, the most popular sport in the world is hover car racing. Superfast and dangerous, its heroes are the racers: part fighter pilot, part race car driver, all superstar.
A BRUTAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL
But to get to the Pro Circuit, you must first pass through the International Race School, a brutal cauldron of wild races on even wilder courses, where only the best of the best will survive . . .
This is the story of Jason Chaser, a talented young racer selected to attend the Race School. He’s younger than the other students. He’s smaller. His trusty car, the Argonaut, is older. But Jason Chaser is no ordinary racer. And as he races against the best drivers in the world he will learn that at Race School winning is everything, that not everyone in this world fights fair, and that you never ever have any friends on the track . . .
This is a work of fiction. Characters, institutions and organisations mentioned in this novel are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously without any intent to describe actual conduct.
First published 1996 by Karanadon Entertainment
Published in Macmillan in 2000 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
This Pan edition published 2001 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
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Reprinted 2002, 2003 (twice), 2004 (twice), 2005 (twice), 2006
Copyright © Matthew Reilly 2000
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National Library of Australia
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ISBN 0 330 36271 2.
1. Suspense fiction. I. Title.
A823.3
Typeset in 10/11.5 pt Palatino by Post Pre-press Group
Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group
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