Did I mention that each kid wears an unremovable explosive collar?

Escape is impossible. Try to swim away and you die. Each kid is given a backpack with a random weapon in it. Could be something good - an uzi - could be terrible - a fork.

As I read the book I kept flashing on what a great multiplayer game this could be. Like the book, the various uninhabited buildings could contain the makings of an uprising (that is, you can't directly attack the starting building but maybe indirectly *IF* you can get the teamwork together). Like the book would multiplayer quickly descend into chaos or would teams evolve. Whom do you trust? Even a single player game could be decent with the proper A.I..