Heir Apparent

Vivian Vande Velde

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, 2004 - Juvenile Fiction - 315 pages

In the virtual reality game "Heir Apparent, "there are "way "too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll "never "win.
And she has to, because losing means she'll die--"for real "this time.

What people are saying

Review: Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation #2)

User Review  - Harold Ogle - Goodreads

A fun read, Heir Apparent is a story about a near-future girl stuck in a VR game (resulting from a terrorist attack) with only a little time to win the game before her nervous system collapses from ...

Review: Heir Apparent (Rasmussem Corporation #2)

User Review  - S - Goodreads

I was having a bad week and needed a YA fix, so I hit up my tiny library at random. This book features a young girl (Giannine) in a not-so-distant future, playing a fully experiential/immersive video ...

About the author

Vivian Vande Velde (born 1951, Rochester, New York) is an American author who writes books primarily aimed at children and young adults. She currently resides in Rochester, New York. Her novels and short story collections usually contain elements of horror, fantasy, and humor. Her book Never Trust a Dead Man (1999) received the 2000 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Heir Apparent
• Author: Vivian Vande Velde
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, 2004
• ISBN: 0152051252, 9780152051259
• Length: 315 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Computers; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction