Deadly Portents
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MatureComplete Sat, May 9, 20202h 25m
A five-story anthology about the perils and promises facing mankind as we rush headlong into an uncertain future, rife with corporate immorality, infectious disease, overpopulation, and unchecked technological advances.
VOICE OF REASON - A megacity councilman finds himself embroiled in a terrorist plot, but soon comes to realize he's been on the wrong side when the personality highjacking his computerized brain reveals the true corruption behind the powers that be.
MAIL FROM THE UNINFECTED - The last sane survivor of a town's brain chip experiment, meant to usher in a new era of human connectivity, breaks the raw story of corporate greed and secrecy in her final message to her sister.
THE MUSE - A mercenary must protect the data being transported by a courier in virtual reality from a hired killer sent to retrieve it. In the process, she's forced to wonder if the dangerous felon she's guarding isn't better off dead.
JODIE'S MACHINE - A visit with a childhood friend ends in revelations and tragedy for a pair of star-crossed lovers.
MADHATTAN - A military mission into the walled-off, infected island of Manhattan goes bad, forcing the soldiers to flee an army of crazed attackers with the only remaining survivors, an unusual pair of children who could either be the hope or the doom of mankind.
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