Rating: 

So first off, the good parts of this book. There is a young hero out to save the world. Which teenage male can't identify with that? The graphics are clean and crisp and the text is easy to read. The storyline starts off a bit flat but gets interesting toward the middle and I do wonder how the second volume will turn out. There are hyperlinks given as footnote on pages where new terms are being talked about.

The not so good parts. Stereotypes abound, certainly there is some value to them, but there is loner hacker, the rich, ditzy girl clueless about technology, most of the bad guys are fat and ugly and all that. The protagonist is a bit too nice throughout. Seriously, most teenage hackers I have known came in through the dark side even if they turned out good later on.

The book also seems to be trying to reclaim the term hacker to be a positive term. I personally think it is a lost cause but good luck to the writers.