When mindreaders run the world, being a jacker makes you a weapon.Zeph can break open the toughest minds—or lock the weakest—which only means every Clan leader wants to own him. He did as he was told, kept his head down, and tried to shut out the screams. But when they came after his family, he hugged his kid sister goodbye and ran away to keep them safe. For two years, he’s passed as a reader. … as a reader. Then his family disappears, readers start changing into super jackers, and Zeph is forced to return to a city filled with jackers who hate him. To find his family, he must trick a mindware CEO into helping him, avoid a girl who knows him too well, and spy on the most powerful jacker in the state.
All without dying or revealing his abilities—or being caught in the firestorm of hate between jackers and readers that’s threatening to pull the world apart.
The bestselling Mindjack Series continues with an all new character and a world of mindreaders and mindjackers as you’ve never seen it before. LOCKED TIGHT is the first of three Mindjack novels from Zeph’s perspective. (See The Locksmith for Zeph’s origin story.)
MINDJACK: KIRA
Open Minds (Book One)
Closed Hearts (Book Two)
Free Souls (Book Three)
Mind Games (Book Four) – novella
The Handler (Book Five) – novella
The Scribe (Book Six) – novella
Keeper (Book Seven) – novella
MINDJACK: ZEPH
Locked Tight (Book One)
Cracked Open (Book Two)
Broken Wide (Book Three)
The Locksmith (Book Four) – novella
FORMATS AND TRANSLATIONS
Mindjack available in ebook, print, audiobook, French and German
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I was very happy when Susan gave me a copy of this book. I read the first three books in the series and loved them! This is a very scary world in that everyone knows what everyone else is thinking (Readers), unless you are a Jacker. Of course, Readers fear the Jackers. Both groups have members who do unthinkable things to the others and it is terrifying in that it reminds me of Hitler style thinking with one race thinking it is better than the other out of the fear of their differences. Zeph is a great character, I love that he shows kindness and wanting to do the right thing even though his situation causes him to have to lie to and pretend he is a reader. This is a wild read that is very thought evoking and reveals the atrocities that mankind is willing to commit.
wasn’t bad but I just didn’t feel connected with the character or the plot.
Great escape into what our future could be like.
Not an adult read. More for teens.
Zeph knows what you are thinking and this book, from his perspective, will chill you with its potential for what “could” happen.
4.5 stars–LOCKED TIGHT is the fourth full –length installment in Susan Kaye Quinn’s young adult (YA) Mindjack urban fantasy, dystopian series. LOCKED TIGHT and the prequel novella The Locksmith are the beginning of a new arc in the Mindjack series. No longer focusing on jacker Kira Moore, the series shifts focus to eighteen year old mindjacker Zephyr MacCay who has the ability to lock down or unlock the human mind.
SOME BACKGROUND: In a world where mindreading is the norm (due to decades of contaminated or purposely poisoned water) there are those with more powerful abilities than most. These are their stories of discrimination, betrayal, retribution and control. The human population developed various forms of mind-reading, mind altering and mind controlling abilities. And to complicate matters those without the ability to mindjack are purposely setting out to bring war between the have and the have-nots.
Told from first person point of view (Zeph) LOCKED TIGHT follows eighteen year old mindjacker Zephyr MacCay as he searches for his family (and thirteen year old sister) he hasn’t seen in years-a family of mindreaders whose lives were threatened by the existence of their eldest son. Zephyr has the ability to hide his abilities but a threat of another nature finds our hero caught between three potential enemies never knowing who is telling the truth or out right lies. What ensues are Zeph’s attempts to locate his sister as several warring factions battle for control of Zephyr himself.
LOCKED TIGHT is an infinitely detailed, brilliant and remarkable look at a world struggling with the fall out of chemical contamination of the human population. From mindreaders to mindjackers Susan Kaye Quinn’s MINDJACKER series looks at the dysfunctional relationship between a hierarchy of mental and physical powers, and the breakdown of society between the ‘have and have nots’. The Mindjacker series focuses on betrayal, revenge, discrimination, specieism, and the battle for control, and the potential to create a weapon of unimaginable strengths. The premise is unparalleled with a profound and innovative message as well as a frighteningly realistic look at the future where fear and anarchy reign
I didn’t know that this was the fourth book in the Mindjack series, but I was able to understand the concepts anyway. Zeph is a really cool character. I just jumped back and read Open Minds (Mindjack: Kira Book 1) which is also free. That book was a quick read and totally hooked me into reading the rest of the series.
I like the mindreading type stories. I actually read several in the series because I got so caught up in the characters and wanted to know what happened to them. An enjoyable read.
It was ok on action and characters, but a little confusing to me. Mind reading and making others do things, some could and some couldn’t, some could do more, too much for me.
Not bad but I struggled with this
The concept is cutting edge. Love that borderline.
Confusing but a very interesting idea
long
Boring and hard to follow.
This was a very engaging book. The author was very creative in describing a world in which everyone has mental powers. Very disturbing yet holds out for a more hopeful future.
Love this series of books….
Boring
Free is a great way to find a new author! This has such an interesting premise for a world change that impacts individuals, families, society, and ethical treatment or lack thereof. Very plot driven book with sort of minimally developed young adult characters but the plot is so interesting you have to keep reading. Bought the book that follows, but since this is #4 in a series, went back to get 1-3 as well to flesh out my understanding.
An intriguing premise. I enjoyed the book but found that the book was constructed with too much complexity to set up future volumes. As a stand-alone it would have been more enjoyable. Still, an interesting premise presented in an interesting way.
As always amazing book by this author! Cant wait to start the next one.