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Ethos Code

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You've heard of the classic trolley problem, but what if the choice wasn't about the quantity of lives you can save? What if you could trade the life of someone deemed worthless to society for someone society praises? After a tragic incident leaves military personnel Vanta and Atlas with advanced prosthetics made by the nation's leading healthcare corporation, they come across a small group of vigilantes who warn them of the shaky ethics behind the company's practices. Joining the group, the two fight to protect the innocent lives being targeted, but this proves to be a much more difficult task than they could have ever anticipated.

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City Gone Dark

This is a story of a cyberpunk revolution. But we do not follow the revolutionary. Cellia Sunway is only 16 years old when her mother commits an unforgivable act. In the futuristic dystopian city of Ebscido, where prosthetics are banned from the upper class regions of the city, the lower class find themselves cut off from the rest, and plunged into a terrible blackout. Without any way to charge themselves, they are cursed to die a slow and lonely death. Guilt troubles Cellia as she calls into question her own morality, family, and existence. Should she hate her own family for the destruction they've caused? Or should she allow herself to care for those she loves despite their crimes? Like all teenagers, she keeps these feelings under lock and key. But it doesn't take long before she's forced to confront everything: including her own right to live. In a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia, where cybernetics are despised, electricity is vital, and wickedness infests both the rich and the poor, the lives of innocent and guilty on both sides hangs in the balance. And Cellia is the only one who can tip the scales.