博客來In the sterile, high-tech sanctuary of the Swiss Alps, fourteen-year-old Leo is a legend. Known as the ＂Ghost of the Stratosphere,＂ he holds the highest scores in Sky-Strike, the world’s most advanced tactical simulator. For Leo and the other children of the Cradle, war is a sequence of pixels, red squares, and rhythmic level-ups. They are told they are the guardians of peace, training for a future where human error is eliminated by technology.
But during a record-breaking mission, the screen flickers.
Between the high-definition frames of the game, Leo glimpses a reality the Academy tried to hide: the ＂Opponents＂ aren’t digital bots, and the ＂Maps＂ aren’t procedural code. Every high score is a real-world casualty. Every mission is a corporate-ordered execution. The children aren’t students-they are remote-controlled assassins whose innocence has been weaponized by Aegis-Global, a conglomerate that sells ＂surgical strikes＂ to the highest bidder.
Haunted by the ＂Echoes＂ of the people he has unintentionally killed, Leo realizes the devastating truth: he isn’t a hero. He is a monster in a jumpsuit.
Driven by a desperate need for atonement, Leo teams up with Sana, a genius coder who can see through the Hive’s firewalls, and Mikhail, a young soldier who must face the blood on his own controllers. Together, they launch a mutiny from within the simulation, embarking on a high-stakes journey from the luxury of Geneva to a frozen digital fortress in the Arctic permafrost.
Children of the Frontline is a cinematic, emotionally charged techno-thriller that explores the terrifying intersection of childhood and modern warfare. It is a story of betrayal, the weight of truth, and the resilience of the human spirit.
The game was fake. The bodies were real. Now, the children are coming for the people who handed them the controllers.
