Indigo lives in a futuristic community called Wohlstand. The goal of this community is to create a nurturing environment where anyone can prosper. It is based on socialistic ideas that provide the residents with no jobs. But, in return for service, the residents are provided with housing, food, education, and other necessities. Indigo and her friends have only ever known Wohlstand. But when suspicion rises, it seems that what is provided is not satisfactory.
When Indigo's questions cannot be answered, she begins to doubt the teaches of her society. Then, she learns of community outside of Wohlstand, past the boundaries that everyone obeys and does not pass. Refugees from the surrounding areas come, though, Indigo still searches for answers. Some of the most important people in her life come from the strangest places. But when she stumbles upon a long-hidden secret that has rocked her whole world, she must make a decision. Though, it might not be all that easy.
When her important people suddenly disappear, the ones who have always been there for her seem even closer.
Sometimes the nurturing community that you have been searching for has been eating dinner with you.
Join Indigo in her journey for answers, confirmation, community, salvation, preservation, and the right people.
2081. In a sinister world where human survival hinges on biotechnology, an oblivious sixteen-year-old possesses the one code to undo it all. Can she survive the devious world designed to eliminate anything - anyone - out of the ordinary before it's too late?
Mia Love is nothing extraordinary. Just another teenager who wants to please her mother, make snide comments, and become an artist - if it's not too much to ask. But in her rigid, military world, she must do as everyone does; attend the stupid graduation camp that will assign her a boring job. One night, she wakes to a voice telling her to 'Get out. Run'. Moments later, in an eerie midnight camp gathering, she's trapped amid chaos -- bloodied and fighting for her life - when the harmless teens turns on one another; school against school, student against student.
Mia survives with the help of her combat-trained best friend, Nate, only to be chased through the dangerous woods by the armed military. Her bio-nanotechnology chooses that moment to glitch, but Mia is determined to solve the mystery. Why on earth did the students turn on one another? Who warned her beforehand? How?
If she can survive the night, she might find answers.
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WATTY 2021 SCI-FI WINNER.
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[Content warning: This story contains themes of bullying and violence.]