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
1Virtual VandalsDiane Duane
2The Deadliest GameDiane Duane
3Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: One is the Loneliest Number|One is the Loneliest NumberDiane Duane
4Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Ultimate Escape|The Ultimate EscapeMark Cerashi
5Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: The Great Race|The Great RaceBill McCay
6Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: End Game|End GameDiane Duane
7Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Cyberspy|CyberspyBill McCay
8Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Shadow of Honor|Shadow of HonorMel Odom
9Private LivesBill McCay
10Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Safe House|Safe HouseDiane Duane
11GamepreyMel Odom
12Duel IdentityBill McCay
13Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Deathworld|DeathworldDiane Duane
14Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: High Wire|High WireMel Odom
15Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Cold Case|Cold CaseBill McCay
16Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Runaways|RunawaysDiane Duane
17Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Cloak and Dagger|Cloak and DaggerJohn Helfers and Russel Davis
18Tom Clancy's Net Force Explorers: Death Match|Death Match a.k.a. Own GoalDiane Duane

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See also