"When his family moves to idyllic Silverlake, Colorado, made over into a company town by his father Blake's high-tech employer, Mark Tanner is a puny 16-year-old stunted by a childhood illness. The town hosts an experimental sports center that amazingly converts weaklings into hulking jocks, and what's more, the company pushes its execs to get their boys into the program. Blake's dreams for Mark are within reach. Of course, there are some risks: a few athletes have gone berserk and, after attacking their parents, have had to be locked up. Despite his wife's misgivings -- she thinks the whole town's fishy -- Blake signs Mark up, and risk becomes reality." Booklist.
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"When his family moves to idyllic Silverlake, Colorado, made over into a company town by his father Blake's high-tech employer, Mark Tanner is a puny 16-year-old stunted by a childhood illness. The town hosts an experimental sports center that amazingly converts weaklings into hulking jocks, and what's more, the company pushes its execs to get their boys into the program. Blake's dreams for Mark are within reach. Of course, there are some risks: a few athletes have gone berserk and, after attacking their parents, have had to be locked up. Despite his wife's misgivings -- she thinks the whole town's fishy -- Blake signs Mark up, and risk becomes reality." Booklist.