PROJECT HALO is a YA sci-fi thriller taking place in near-future Norway. It has speculative elements and will appeal to fans of dystopian works such as DIVERGENT, THE MAZE RUNNER, LEGEND, and BLACK MIRROR.
All seventeen-year-old Charlie Walker wants is to be free of his father's stupid expectations. Stay in school? No thanks. Get a job? Nope. Stop cursing? Hell no. But if he knew his petty rebellion would result in his own kidnapping, he might've reconsidered.
When Charlie wakes up at Norway's largest intelligence agency, the NIC, with a biochip in his brain, he faces problems bigger than his father's disapproval. Charlie is their first successful experiment, and when activated, the chip will give the agency unbarred access to his vital signs and location. So much for freedom. But before his biochip can be activated, a rogue doctor offers Charlie a chance to escape. In return, he has to find and keep a flash drive hidden from the NIC.
At first, agreeing to the deal seems obvious. But when NIC sends agents to hunt Charlie down, he realizes the flash drive might be more important than he thought. He's faced with an ultimatum: hand over the flash drive, or a lethal virus will be released onto the population. If he obliges, his chip will be activated and he'll lose his freedom forever. If he doesn't, people will die-including his ex-friend-who-he-totally-still-hates. Including the charming hacker he has a crush on. Including his demanding father. Including himself.
In a race against time and his own selfish thoughts, Charlie must decide who to trust with his deadly secret-and exactly how far he's willing to go in the name of freedom.
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Trigger warnings: Death and dying, blood, swearing, syringes/needles, hospitals, alcoholism, anger issues, nightmares, kidnapping, being drugged against one's will, suicide mention, terrorism/terror attacks, guns/weapons.
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I nodded and returned my gaze back to Liv. She placed a hand on my chest, opening and closing her fist. I heard her sniffle and rubbed her hair gently.
"Listen. I know you may not want to tell me what happened right now. But at some point you will have to."
I felt her shudder and snuggle into me. This genuinely scared her. But I understood. She didn't want to face the man that had caused her so much pain, put her in this position. But maybe i was partly to blame.
"It's the only way to put this guy behind bars."
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22-year-old Olivia Winston doesn't know what's wrong with her. Unexplainable seizures have left her having sudden panic attacks, but she is also left with no answers. The only solution is to take college online until a diagnosis is made.
But when an unexpected guest enters her life, things may change for her for the better, or for the worse.
Doctor Will O'Brian has just been let out of prison, and he thinks it's the best thing that's ever happened to him. That is, until he realizes that he has nowhere to go. So, he spends the first few weeks of his freedom crashing in random garages. That is, until a certain girl catches him, that could probably change his ways.
But when a certain event alters Olivia's life forever, will they stick through it together?
Will their meeting change everything? Read to find out!!!
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