Chase: The Boy Who Hid

The Hide & Seek Chronicles, Teen Sci-Fi Adventure, Book 1

De: Z Jeffries

Narrado por: Todd Starr, Nicole Cash

To save his lost grandfather, one kid inventor must win a classified game of hide-and-seek.

Chase's quiet life of fixing electronics, dumpster diving, and inventing shatters after Grandad vanishes. Now the boy will risk everything to reunite his family. When Grandad's old team offers Chase a spot in a secret camouflage competition, he jumps at the opportunity, hiding the truth from family and teammates.

Accepting means facing deadly futuristic technology, mech-suited soldiers, and an out-of-control robotic seeker. But once he realizes this game is deadly, Chase must focus on surviving, losing hope he can save Grandad.

Chase: The Boy Who Hid marks the stunning beginning of the Hide & Seek Chronicles. Fans of Ready Player One and Ender's Game will be captivated by Chase’s journey through an elimination game thick with tech and conspiracies. Join Chase as he ventures into the unknown, where the line between hunter and hunted blurs, and the ultimate prize is the truth itself.

©2021 Zack Geoffroy (P)2025 Northern Lake Audio

Very cute. For kids.

I don’t even know what to call this, sorta … YA / SciFi - meets LitRPG and GameLit … Whatever you call it, it’s super cute with a likable lead, lots of adventure, mysteries, and a bit of action.

Check it out, or grab it for your kids.
No real plausibility, heavy on the science. I think better for kids than adults.

Overall, it’s okay. 3.5 stars.


Audio:
The audio was good, very smooth overall sound quality, with okay narration. A little robotic on his parts.

A rollicking good time for everyone 11 and up

This teen action sci-fi adventure is really entertaining and well-written. Once the training gets underway (several chapters into the book), it’s wonderfully action-packed and very exciting. The book is rather light, with the high tech game of camouflage tag not supposed to be lethal. There’s plenty of danger and close calls on injuries, but it’s not dark. The most serious part is the teen boy Chase dealing with the grief of losing his grandfather. The book has some good character development for Chase, with him learning to confront his own biases and prejudices, not giving up when giving up would negatively affect other people, and taking responsibility for his own actions and words.

The cast of characters is diverse, with multiple races and a couple of LGBTQ characters. I like that although the book is completely told from Chase’s perspective, there are a few important female characters. It’s not just a male-only sci-fi book – hooray! There is no bad language, and I think the violence level is only PG. There is not even dating or kissing, just the slightest hint of two teens liking each other. I highly recommend this audiobook to anyone who likes techy action-adventures for kids and teens probably 11 years and up. I am an adult, and I really enjoyed it as well. There is no cliffhanger. I can't wait for Book 2!

The duet narration is very good. The male narrator Todd Starr did the general narration since the whole book was from Chase’s perspective and all of the male speaking parts. The voice he chose for Chase was a little goofy, but I got accustomed to it pretty quickly. Chase is from South Carolina, and the southern accent he was given was pretty good, maybe more Tennessee than South Carolina. Todd Starr’s voices for everyone else were great, and he has a great talent for action scenes. I really loved the female narrator Nicole Cash. She was superb and amazingly versatile with all the female voices. I already looked for Nicole Cash’s other work because her performance was so excellent.

I requested and received a free audiobook copy from the publisher, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.
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