Kio and the Color of Blood Synopsis (by Bobbie and Bob Loeschner)—A new type of entertainment forces classmates of entire high schools to fight each other to the death until only one student (the best) remains standing, and at Brentwood High it’s Kio who’ll do anything to survive and save his newfound friend, Haruna. It’s a no-holds, no-weapons-barred contest where the creators demand filmed combat under penalty of death and add the horror of bio-weapons and genetically-altered animals into the mix. Filled with bloody violence, gory battles, unusual enemies and allies, twists and turns at every corner, and a surprise ending, Kio and the Color of Blood is the type of book that grabs you from the beginning and doesn’t let go until the very end.