OASIS - an Apple Loving Individual thriller
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It is the year 2054, in Houston, Texas. A time where most white-collar and blue-collar work has disappeared, due to advances in technology, such as artificial intelligence, robots, quantum computers and outsourcing. Jobs are now either short-term tasks, with part-time becoming the new full-time, such as rideshare and food delivery apps, and majority of people either work in the metaverse, or in skilled trades. Also, climate change and global warming as well as sea level rise, gave birth to new industries, while destroying older ones.
Dustin Jones, 27, an HVAC technician, lives with his girlfriend Cecelia Johnson, 24. They seem to have a normal, routine life. One day however, Dustin saves the life of Julia Kilgore, 16; and finds out, that a child predator is trying to abduct and rape teens across the city. She also mentions the same man killed her parents, and she was left to escape. They enlist the help of a police sergeant, Chris Temple, 36, who reluctantly assists in investigating the crime, while also suffering from personal issues. Dustin realizes that in an effort to save Julia, he is putting a lot more at stake, than what he could possibly fathom.
By Apple Loving Individual
Science Fiction * Thriller * Romance
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MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language, sci-fi action and violence, some sexual content and disturbance involving minors.
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