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Illumini by Stephen_Perry
Illumini
Stephen_Perry
  • Reads 13,477
  • Votes 96
  • Parts 10
Illumini takes you on a wild, fast-paced ride across a dystopian near future world. An action packed sci-fi novel filled with dark government forces, a young couple desperately on the run, sinister corporations run amok, genetic engineering, and a contagious virus that will set us all free. An action-thriller that will keep you turning pages. It draws you in from the very first chapter with an original weave of current events bound by dynamic characters and a riveting pace that keeps you enthralled throughout. A lucid and intelligent story that asks the big questions. This is not a story about a virus, but about the decisions we make today and the world that will result tomorrow. A pair of scientists unwittingly discover a top secret clinical trial testing an intelligence gene that threatens to change us in profound ways. Atlas Genetics, a leading biotech company practicing innovative gene therapy, has a problem. The military have taken over the research putting Atlas profits in jeopardy. The executives devise a sinister plan to make the vector contagious, spreading the intelligence genes across the entire population so they can sell an enzyme that will trigger the genes in those infected. A young, on again, off again couple are lab technicians working for Atlas until they are framed for the contagious plague sweeping across the planet, sending them on a wild chase to stop the virus from altering the balance of power in our society. While the world slumbers fearfully under an oppressive control they realize the potential of the virus to awaken us all, and change everything that has turned dark and ominous in our future.
The Persistence of Memory | ✔ by Vapid_Ink
The Persistence of Memory | ✔
Vapid_Ink
  • Reads 85,324
  • Votes 5,551
  • Parts 29
--JUNE 2021 EDITOR'S PICK-- In a near future where neuroprosthetics have evolved, Nina--a young journalist--receives a hippoccampal implant after losing the ability to create long term memories. All seems well until memories that don't seem to be her own begin to surface. Now, Nina must find the truth behind these memories while struggling not to lose herself in them.
Crowd: A Dystopian Social Network Thriller (Final Draft) by MarsDorian
Crowd: A Dystopian Social Network Thriller (Final Draft)
MarsDorian
  • Reads 11,845
  • Votes 1,334
  • Parts 59
What if an algorithm controls your life? In the near future, California is plagued by civil riots. Exploding rent, high crime, and political corruption threaten the lives of ordinary people. Enter Crowd, an advanced social network that ranks each citizen by their contribution to society, ensuring justice for all. Want affordable healthcare or better employment? If you rank high enough, you can get it. Rayn Cruzada is an ambitious graduate who joins Crowd as a field agent. Her high score allows her to investigate citizens with problematic low ones. Conflict arises as no one understands the algorithms, and losing your ranking means losing your apartment and access to transport. Or worse... With California on the brink of civil war, Rain has to discover whether Crowd is the solution or a problem. Inspired by Black Mirror, The Circle, and The Social Network, Crowd is a pre-dystopian thriller.
Consensus: Part 1 - Citizen by JasonTesar
Consensus: Part 1 - Citizen
JasonTesar
  • Reads 7,874
  • Votes 610
  • Parts 17
In a society where morals are determined by a public opinion system, and social rating is the currency, truth can be a dangerous notion. Sixteen-year-old Rena has few memories of her childhood before adoption. The voice of the man who raised her. A forest teeming with wildlife. Mountains reaching up to a blue sky. The problem-they're not real. Such things don't exist in Esh, a self-governed metropolis shielded from the harsh environment by a transparent canopy. And beyond the city lie only the Barrens, an endless wasteland of fog and freezing rain. When Rena's violent instincts save the lives of her friends, her delusional past begins disrupting her prospects for the future. To find the source of her impulses, she'll have to sort through the fragments in her mind. What awaits is a connection between her true identity, the city's forgotten history, and the secret war being waged beneath the surface of her polite society.
Of Many Minds by davidasykes
Of Many Minds
davidasykes
  • Reads 73
  • Votes 7
  • Parts 7
Andrew Felton thought two things...simultaneously. Astounding wasn't the word for it. However, when he gets kidnapped by a woman from his past- a woman he both remembers well...yet also barely remembers- he begins to unravel the string of who he is. Join Andrew and his Cognition Units in a fight for freedom- whatever that means.