Alex Fayman Sparknotes

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Alex Fine, the name given to him by a loving orphanage director, finds he has an unusual gift. An intelligent young man, who has worked hard to overcome the difficulties of growing up as an orphan, is looking forward to his summer and starting his college career in the fall at Stanford, with his well-earned scholarship. Things suddenly change when he unexpectedly finds he has the ability to travel through the Internet. Zapped into a world of moving packets of information, Alex finds he can retrieve, retain and manipulate information stored within the vast networks.

Written in first person narrative, this Sci-Fi novel, Superhighway, by Alex Fayman, (book 1 of the Superhighway Trilogy), takes us on a journey through the Internet superhighway to various parts of the globe where he lusciously describes the scenery, people, actions, and food in each location. His descriptions are so realistic, I found myself getting hungry with the meals he described, I could feel the warm Caribbean breezes, and even the pain and emotion of the characters. My rating is 3 out of 4 stars.
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As a young adult, with a new gift, Alex is now pulled into a world of temptation and secrecy. He finds himself doing things, good and bad, that he never thought he would do. Teetering on the walls of justice versus injustice, good versus evil, his new life seems to be filled with difficult and emotional decisions. Each page brings some new adventure from infatuation, organized crime, and philanthropy to love, murder, and Federal cover-up. This new gift might also help him find information that may reveal the secrets surrounding his family and why he was abandoned at the

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