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.

"I want to have her by my side, my hand rolling in hers. I want to be there hugging her body whilst Corinne Bailey Rae sings us a story about a star, or when Dave Matthews makes the number 41 matter. At 10 PM when the lights go bang, when the band plays our song. At 11 PM drunk out of our wits and laughing all over each other. At 12 midnight, stoned and gazing into each other's eyes in the darkest corner of this city." This is Girl Trouble 1.2, a text-only, online version of a Filipino graphic novel about relationships published by Visprint, Inc. Nominee for 2007 Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award. Originally available in National Bookstore, Powerbooks, Fully Booked, and Pandayan. There might be some copies left out there. If you can find one, yeah! But for now, enjoy this text-only version. Sequel coming up soon. :)

The greatest tragedy the world has ever known turned out to be the ultimate catalyst for change. In the wake of World War III, which decimated most of the world's population, the remaining survivors vowed to not continue to repeat the same mistakes of the past. Fortunately, they had something previous generations did not have - advanced technology. The year is 2117 and this once shattered civilization has become prosperous again. Innovative forms of technology have enabled them to abandon the old model and re-engineer a better way of living for all. Brain implants and genetic modifications have made an entire population educated, healthy, and kind. Despite the benefits of this technology, it has created some unforeseen side effects that threaten humankind's existence. When technology proves to be inept at solving the world's problem, a new hope emerges in the unlikeliest form - a young orphan girl. *** Cyberpunk, dystopian, technology, future, futurism, scifi, heroine, prodigy...