Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers
{{Short description|Young adult series created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik}}
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Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers or Net Force Explorers is a series of young adult novels created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik as a spin-off of the military fiction series Tom Clancy's Net Force. The first novel was published in 1998. In 2025, the Internet and its virtual reality network have to be policed by the Net Force to prevent cyber-terrorists from sabotaging it. They are assisted by the Net Force Explorers, a young people's auxiliary for computer experts who have completed a rigorous training program.{{cite news|title=Series lure teen-agers into books|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102496241/news-press/|work=The News-Press|via = Newspapers.com|last=Calkins|first=Janet|date=September 9, 2000}} {{cite magazine|last=Leslie|first=Roger|date=March 15, 1999|title=Virtual Vandals/The Deadliest Game|magazine=Booklist|volume=95|issue=14|page=1325}}{{cite magazine |title=Children's Book Review: Virtual Vandals by Tom Clancy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-425-16173-9 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |date=February 1, 1999|volume=246|issue=7|page=109}}
Characters
The explorers include Maj (Madeline) Green, David Gray, Matt Hunter, Mark Gridley, Leif Anderson, Andy Moore, Megan O'Malley, Catie, and Charlie Davis, and are led by former Marine commander Captain James Winters. The young people solve cyber-crimes and defeat international terrorists while creating virtual worlds and playing high-tech computer games.
Novels
While Clancy and Pieczenik are credited as the creators of the series, they didn't write any of the books. Their names would be the ones you saw on the cover, but the co-authors name's in the cover's fine print. Some frequent authors were Diane Duane, Bill McCay, and Mel Odom.{{Cite web |last1=Vago |first1=Mike |last2=Cruickshank |first2=Noah |last3=Dyess-Nugent |first3=Phil |last4=McFarland |first4=Kevin |display-authors=2 |date=August 14, 2013 |title=Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain: 7 fiction authors whose careers were extended by ghostwriters |url=https://www.avclub.com/pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain-7-ficti-1798239907 |access-date=May 24, 2022 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-us}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dianeduane.com/novels-by-diane-duane |title=Books {{!}} DianeDuane.com |website=www.dianeduane.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091210/http://www.dianeduane.com/novels-by-diane-duane |archive-date=2011-05-26}} {{cite magazine|last=Chester|first=Rodney|title=The NAME game|magazine=The Courier Mail|location=Brisbane, Australia|date =February 1, 2003|page=M07}}
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| # | Title || Author | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virtual Vandals | Diane Duane |
| 2 | The Deadliest Game | Diane Duane |
| 3 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: One is the Loneliest Number|One is the Loneliest Number | Diane Duane |
| 4 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Ultimate Escape|The Ultimate Escape | Mark Cerashi |
| 5 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Great Race|The Great Race | Bill McCay |
| 6 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: End Game|End Game | Diane Duane |
| 7 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Cyberspy|Cyberspy | Bill McCay |
| 8 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Shadow of Honor|Shadow of Honor | Mel Odom |
| 9 | Private Lives | Bill McCay |
| 10 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Safe House|Safe House | Diane Duane |
| 11 | Gameprey | Mel Odom |
| 12 | Duel Identity | Bill McCay |
| 13 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Deathworld|Deathworld | Diane Duane |
| 14 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: High Wire|High Wire | Mel Odom |
| 15 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Cold Case|Cold Case | Bill McCay |
| 16 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Runaways|Runaways | Diane Duane |
| 17 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Cloak and Dagger|Cloak and Dagger | John Helfers and Russel Davis |
| 18 | Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Death Match|Death Match a.k.a. Own Goal | Diane Duane |
References
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See also
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{{Tom Clancy franchises}}
Category:Book series introduced in 1998
Category:Techno-thriller novels
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