iBoy, the most recent novel by British novelist Kevin Brooks, is a high tech, action packed, violence laced story of a boy who, through an injury received through an act of violence by a youth gang, has pieces of an iPhone embedded in his head.

Throughout the book, the hero used the technological features of the phone within his brain to try to hunt down and seek revenge on the gang members who not only injured him but also raped his girlfriend.

The graphic violence in the novel will be hard for many readers to take and, unfortunately, the gang actions are based on recent true-life incidents in England.

Kevin Brooks’ novels appeal to young adults who enjoy action – adventures and iBoy likely will be as well received as its predecessors.