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Genes by the_original_hybrid1
Genes
the_original_hybrid1
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After a major scientific breakthrough, Joel discovered something interesting about their family. They were genetically mutated. Not only that, but they wouldn't live for long. Desperate for a solution, he tries numerous methods to not only save his life, but that of his sisters. All while discovering powers of his own, training his sister and evading government capture.
Homeland by CoryDoctorow
Homeland
CoryDoctorow
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- In Cory Doctorow’s wildly successful Little Brother, young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake of a terrorist attack on San Francisco—an experience that led him to become a leader of the whole movement of technologically clued-in teenagers, fighting back against the tyrannical security state. A few years later, California's economy collapses, but Marcus’s hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon his former nemesis Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It’s incendiary stuff—and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier. Marcus can leak the archive Masha gave him—but he can’t admit to being the leaker, because that will cost his employer the election. He’s surrounded by friends who remember what he did a few years ago and regard him as a hacker hero. He can’t even attend a demonstration without being dragged onstage and handed a mike. He’s not at all sure that just dumping the archive onto the Internet, before he’s gone through its millions of words, is the right thing to do. Meanwhile, people are beginning to shadow him, people who look like they’re used to inflicting pain until they get the answers they want. Fast-moving, passionate, and as current as next week, Homeland is every bit the equal of Little Brother—a paean to activism, to courage, to the drive to make the world a better place.
SHAUNTI [2015 featured story] by EKShortstories
SHAUNTI [2015 featured story]
EKShortstories
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Jace and Knox go backpacking in the Canadian mountains for what they plan to be only for a week. But when their harmless vacation becomes a two month fight for survival, their only hope may lie in the guidance of a wild dog. ___________ 2015 FEATURED STORY ON WATTPAD #31 in Adventure EKS 2014
7 Keys To Happiness by PharrellWilliams
7 Keys To Happiness
PharrellWilliams
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Pharrell Williams shares his 7 Keys to Happiness in support of creating a happy, healthy planet through climate action.
Little Brother by CoryDoctorow
Little Brother
CoryDoctorow
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school’s intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they’re mercilessly interrogated for days. When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
E.C.H.O. by voif1d
E.C.H.O.
voif1d
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Working for E.C.H.O, an organization which does literally anything for high paying clients, Lucas has done more than...well the average teenager his age. From hacking into government databases, infiltrating guerilla groups overseas, and jumping out of planes while being shot at, he would rate his life as somewhat exciting. However, despite all the successful jobs he's completed, Lucas is about to face his biggest challenge yet...to infiltrate Ellison Boy's High. Will he succeed in his mission or will things end up a complete disaster? His journey and the final outcome, my dear reader, depends on you.
Avatar: Next Generation by Mexlla88
Avatar: Next Generation
Mexlla88
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Life after Korra. It didn't take the benders long to modernize with their powers and the growing technology. Now the world is just like our own, but nothing is what it seems. STAR. Enforcers. One hope. New Avatar. New rules. New people. Book One: Change An Avatar Fanfiction by XxBadWolfxX and me, Mexlla88 DISCLAIMER: We don't own Avatar, or any of it's characters, or any brands that may come up in the story. Got it? Cool. :)