The Dot.Robot Series is a trilogy of techno-thrillers by Jason Bradbury

Jason Bradbury

Jason Bradbury is a complete tosser and children's author. His UK TV credits include a wide range of light entertainment, science and technology formats; these include The Big Breakfast, Top Gear GTI, ITV's The Web Review Show and Channel 5's The Gadget Show...

. The series centres around the characters Jackson Farley, Brooke English, the Kojima Twins and Devlin Lear. The first novel in the trilogy was released on February 5, 2009. Its official website is hosted on a server named in the first novel.

Novels

• Dot.Robot (February 5, 2009)
• Dot.Robot:Atomic Swarm (7 January 2010)
• Dot.Robot:Cyber Gold (7 April 2011)

Main Characters

• Jackson Farley: Jackson Farley is a computer whizz-kid. His favourite computer game is Whisper, which he plays under the alias WizardZombie. He is contacted by Devlin Lear to become a member of MeX, a secret government organisation at the beginning of the first book.
• Brooke English: Brooke English is an American daughter of an Engineer. She spends her time working on self-driving cars and other robotic related projects such as Punk.
• The Kojima twins: The Kojima twins are nine-year-old professional gamers. They have three younger siblings and an overbearing father and mother. They recently won the most prestigious gaming competition in Japan.
• Devlin Lear/Mr. Pope: Devlin Lear is a businessman with a ruthless streak. He is the founder of MeX and disappears at the end of the first book, only to reappear in the second. He is revealed to be Jackson's biological father in "Dot.Robot:Atomic Swarm".
• Yakimoto: A ruthless Japan
  Japan
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  ese Diamond dealer/gang boss, Yakimoto killed both of Jackson's parents.

Other Characters

• Mr. Farley: Jackson's father is a strict parent who is still upset about the death of his wife several years earlier.
• JP English: The father of Brooke English, JP is a professor of robotics at MIT.

Critical reception

The first novel, Dot.Robot, reveived generally good reviews with author Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author. He is most famous as the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also written other successful books. His novels have been compared to the works of J. K. Rowling...

 describing it as "The best of a brand new breed of techno-thriller".

Dot.Robot Roadshow

Together with Puffin, Jason Brabury takes the Dot.Robot roadshow to assorted UK

United Kingdom

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 schools. The roadshow consists of photographs Bradbury has taken on his travels for The Gadget Show

The Gadget Show

The Gadget Show is a British television series focusing on technology and is broadcast on Channel 5. Originally a thirty minute show, it was extended to forty-five minutes, then later to fifty five minutes. Repeats have also aired on the digital channels 5*, Dave and Channel 5's Internet on-demand...

, a selection of actual robots including a scale model of Punk. There is also a driving challenge, a Q&A and a reading from the book.