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Blink: 3003 (Book 1) by words_are_weapons
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Amber Garrett, the newest BLINK agent, is forced to prove herself when her first mission involves an alien threat that could destroy all of humanity. ***** Amber Garrett can blink teleporting herself to anywhere she wants to go which means she's a natural recruit for the galaxy-spanning BLINK organisation. Fresh out of training she's sent to a colony on the edge of space where contact has been lost. The colony's silence however isn't due to an equipment malfunction and Amber quickly discovers she's the last hope the BLINK organisation has to stop a threat to the entire galaxy. It may be her first mission but she'll have to use every ounce of her talent not just to stay alive but to prevent the destruction of all of humanity. [NB. THIS IS A WATTPAD ORIGINALS STORY] [[word count: 70 000-80 000 words]]
Blink: Leviathan (Book 2) by words_are_weapons
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After surviving the horrors of Titan Aquilla, Amber Garret and the members of Hammerhead Squad are now the most highly regarded Blink unit in the galaxy: a galaxy that is a very dangerous place. Called into action again, the crack team of operatives are this time summoned to a distant ocean planet to assist with an exploratory undersea mission. Beneath the thundering waves is an enormous city, a city inaccessible by conventional means. It falls to Hammerhead Squad to make the first steps into the ancient deep. Once they breach the aeons old world beneath the waves, however, it becomes quickly apparent that the city's inhabitants did not fade away with time. As they discover more about the lost civilisation's past, they also come across the clues that explain its sudden, violent downfall... Sequel to 'Blink: 3003' Cover graphic by @zuko_42
The Gauntlet (The Gauntlet #1) by words_are_weapons
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Codi James is a chronic underachiever. A straight C student, her life is going nowhere. Causing havoc at yet another school it looks like she's heading for another expulsion, until one teacher decides to call in a favour from an old friend. Codi is sent to the one place where her aggression might do her some good. Joining the underdeveloped Brax-Delta training academy, Codi is set on the long, bruising path to compete as a champion in the Gauntlet Tournament. Thrown together with a team of other misfits and under the tutorage of a frustrated veteran, she has one chance left to prove that she's more than just a struggling orphan. Never underestimate a desperate person. WINNER OF 2014 WATTPAD PRIZE FOR BEST EPIC
Iron Heart (The Gauntlet #2) by words_are_weapons
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It's a new year and Gauntlet finalist Codi James is back for round two. With her new position at the top ranked Battlecast Academy and with last year's victor no longer competing, it seems like the fates have aligned to give Codi a clear run at winning the tournament once and for all. Armed with state of the art equipment, a rigorous training schedule and a scholarship fund to let her focus on nothing but the Gauntlet all year round, she has one goal: first place. But this year the game has changed. She's not the plucky underdog anymore. Codi has the weight of expectations on her shoulders, and there are those who view her leap to fame through jealous eyes. This year her battles won't be confined to the arena, and now she has everything to lose. [Sequel to The Gauntlet]
Glitch in the God Complex (AmpCore #1) | 2024 WATTYS WINNER by words_are_weapons
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When Piper discovers she has hidden cybernetic implants, she is inducted into the secretive AmpCore Academy to master incredible gifts, in a place where the impossible and possible collide... WINNER IN THE 2024 WATTY AWARDS AND GRAND FAVOURITE IN THE 2024 AMBYS * || WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST? || Hadrian is a city split in two. One side lives under the iron rule of competing tech corporations. The other is a wasteland, destroyed in a schism between human and artificial intelligence, stalked by code-wraiths, mad AIs and berserk cyborg abominations. When streetkid Piper is attacked by a rogue codewraith from Hadrian South, she discovers that she has hidden implants that no normal person should possess. Not willing to tolerate such an anomaly, the corporate overlords of Hadrian rip Piper out of her life and send her to the secluded AmpCore Academy, where she is set on a new path, whether she likes it or not. At the academy it quickly becomes clear that the wraith attack was no accident. Someone, somewhere, tried to murder her. Plunging into the murky world of corporate politics, academy cliques and gangland wars, Piper has to find out who wanted her dead, and stop them before they try again. || AmpCore: Book 1 || - [COMPLETED] *NB. this story contains strong language.
Crack in the Kill Code (AmpCore #2) by words_are_weapons
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While Hadrian's corporations squabble amongst themselves, something is stirring in the ruins of Hadrian South. Former streetkid Piper Russell soon finds herself facing a new enemy that has only one goal: to destroy the world she knows, and everyone in it. * || SOMETIMES THE PAST DOESN'T DIE || North of the river, Hadrian is a city reeling from a fallout between its competing tech corporations. With the tech-corps at each other's throats and rebellion beginning to fester among Hadrian's citizens, the city is reaching boiling point. Caught in the middle of a vicious, shadow-conflict, Piper finds her loyalties tested from all sides. Filled with living metal implants, owned by no corporation, and wanted by all of them, she has to tread the finest of lines to stay alive, all while trying to unravel the mystery of her origins. But while the corporations squabble, in the ruins of Hadrian South something is stirring, something much worse than any rebellion. The past has come back to haunt this city. And it has come back to take revenge. || AmpCore: Book 2 || - [Updates Every Sunday]
Special Agent | ✓ by earlyatdusk
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A genius analyst has to leave her desk behind and team up with the sour Agency hothead to track down her missing partner. ----- Quinn O'Reilly doesn't belong in the field. She's better off as the brilliant intelligence analyst behind some of the Agency's biggest arrests, and more than comfortable surrounded by her screens. Special Agent Cameron Kent, Agent Quinn's primary partner, is the pro carrying out the plans formulated with Quinn's brainpower. She's the closest thing to family Quinn's ever had. She's also missing, having dropped off the map in the middle of an undercover operation. There is no one better suited to find Cam than Quinn. There is no one better suited than Gavin Locke, agency hothead, to protect her in the meantime. With clues left all around the world, this unlikely pair will have to pick up the pace to find Cam in time - and avoid killing each other in the process. It's time for Special Agent O'Reilly to step forward - and into the field. ----- standalone, 150k words completed
Control by prantikawrites
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BOOK THREE OF THE OPERATION EVOLUTIANS TRILOGY ❝I'm in control. I have the power. Listen to me, or this is your end.❞ This was it. The Institute has what it needs; it's only a matter of time until everything falls into place. The world is crumbling into pieces, yet this is said to be for a better future. A better tomorrow. A better, controlled, way of living. Aidan knows he's different - he's fighting on the opposite side of the rest of the Evolutians. He can't be controlled, like everyone else, but last time he checked, there wasn't a different between him and the others. He also knows that the Institute has to end, and he's the one that has to stop them. Lauren doesn't know what to do. The difference between good and bad was now just a blurred line to her, everything just seemed to be hurting her and the people she cares about. Now stuck in the Institute, again, this time with her brain telling her to stay, she has no choice to see how much damage her mindless self causes. Both teens know that love can be found in the most unexpected places but in this war, there's no time for heartache on the battlefield. - - - May 15th, 2018 - April 28th, 2019 Unedited
Caught by prantikawrites
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Highest Rank - #68 SF *BOOK TWO OF THE OPERATION EVOLUTIANS TRILOGY* Two Years Can Change Everything. After breaking out of the Institute, living in the forest for months and being put in complete isolation for a full two years, Lauren wakes up to find herself living and breathing through, what she would call, her worst nightmare. Again. Friends are reunited, lies are told, secrets are discovered and plans unfold. As Lauren tries to learn how to control her newly evolved powers and prevents the Institute from using her in their ultimate plan, a new challenge arises. High School. -- -- November 7th 2017-March 30th 2018 Unedited
Run by prantikawrites
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Highest Ranks - #76 SF | 31/8/17 #146 ADV | 1/1/18 10K Reads | June 19th, 2018 *BOOK ONE OF THE OPERATION EVOLUTIANS TRILOGY* She woke up knowing nothing. Not where she was or why she was there. She didn't know the reason behind the injuries and scars marking her skin or why she was found in the forest. Alone. With a bullet in her shoulder. All she knew was her name, Lauren. And his name; Spencer. The name without a face, a memory. Just that name. Lauren was in a hospital, that's what the blue-eyed woman told her. A place to help her recover, a place to heal. It was, until it wasn't. And now, she's on the run. ***** February 6, 2017 - August 4th, 2017 Unedited ***** © 2017 by Prantika Saha