The Cocoon
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Last published Wed, May 9, 2018
The Code Enforcement Department of Charlesly monitors its citizens using neural implants and a process called Whole Mind Emulation. Everyone is connected and everything is visible to the department. Peace is maintained at all costs. Agent Erica Pollard has spent her life in its bubble, dreaming of a successful career, but, when her implant malfunctions, she discovers all the dark secrets she's been missing in her perfect, sleepy society.
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