Overloaded
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Last published Mon, May 2, 2011
It's 2129 and technology is still growing. The only problem is too much can cause a deadly disease; BOS or Brain Overload Syndrom. It started with the elderly who were the most exposed. Soon people everywhere were dropping like flys. Will scientists and doctors stop BOS in time to save everyone? Or will the human race be wiped out by the technology they created?
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