It is the year 2205 and overpopulation has taken its toll on the human race. With little recourses to cater for a population of 17 billion, the World Crisis Centre (WCC) decree that each individual at the age of 16, is to undertake a test that measures a student's abilities. Students who are intellectually advanced, live on to be given roles of leadership and/or roles in ensuring the development of science. However, the majority of students who are deemed as unecessary, are 'sacrificed' by uthenisation in order for the WWC to stop the population from increasing.
Dezzie Martinez is a bright 15 year old girl who wishes to obtain an important leadership role like her father. Unlike her classmates, Dezzie is sure of her abilities, and believes that she will survive the exam and easily become a contender for one of the major leadership roles. However things do not go to plan, and Dezzie begins to uncover the secrets, lies and corruption of the WWC and the world that surrounds her.
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.