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Run by angelyntjf
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Two experiments. Experiments 426 and 782. Two individuals. A boy and a girl. One goal. Freedom. In the world us humans live in, humans are born, not controlled. But that is not the case in where they live in. They live in a world parallel to ours, where everyone is data and are all controlled by the Data Tree. One day, their government decided to play God. They decided to create life. Experiments 426 and 782 were the result of that. Two datas. Miri and Wil. They are the first ones created. They are the prototypes. They are the failures. They only had death awaiting them. The government wants to erase their failed attempts. But before they had the chance, Miri and Wil escapes. They plunge into a world that was never supposed to know them, that they were never meant to know. Now, the government is on the hunt to capture them, to erase them from the world, to erase their existence. There's only one thing Miri and Wil can do. "It's not safe here anymore. Go as far as you can from here and never come back. Run."
The Temporary Detective by JoanneSydneyLessner
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Phones, light typing...and murder. Think breaking into show business is hard? Try landing a temp job without office skills. That's the challenge facing aspiring actress Isobel Spice when she arrives in New York City, fresh out of college and deficient in PowerPoint. After being rejected by seven temp agencies for her lack of experience, Isobel sweet-talks recruiter James Cooke into letting her cover a last-minute vacancy at a bank. New to his own job, and recently sober, James takes a chance on Isobel, despite his suspicion that she's a trouble-magnet. His misgivings are borne out by lunchtime, when she stumbles across a dead secretary in a bathroom stall. Can Isobel find the killer before he strikes again?
The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home by NaomiAlderman
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Okie's fifteen. She lives in New York. She's got a few problems: she's failing geography, her dad's a wimp, and her mother, Sumatra, is a stone cold bitch. But things get a lot worse when Sumatra turns into a zombie and eats Okie's dad. Clio, Okie's grandmother, lives in Toronto; but since the zombie apocalypse, Toronto's a lot further away than it used to be. Clio suggests that Okie transport Sumatra across the border, because family is family. But coaching Okie by cellphone isn't easy, and Clio has some zombies of her own to contend with. Luckily she has some garden tools. Naomi Alderman and Margaret Atwood team up for this unusual two-hander. Encompassing love, death, sex, and the meaning of family, The Happy Zombie Sunrise Home will surprise, delight, and convince you of the vital importance of keeping ready supplies of rhubarb and mini-wieners in your freezer at all times. The story unfolds beginning October 24.