In our future, we are controlled people, not allowed to live as we want. Technology has a hold on us and nothing is going to break the A.I.'s iron grip that lies constantly around our throats, one move from ending us. Judgement day has passed, robots won. So the Smokers were found out, the rogues and the Revolution were started and viewed as heroes once, now only outlaws.
I am one of them, a rogue, hunted by the A.I. and the Revolution Knights, it's their job to bring down the rogues, like me. My code name is Black Shadow but my real name is Fae, though names don't really matter anymore. In this world, it's Smoker or A.I., we call them the Soulless because it's true, they're puppets.
I fight for them, I fight for our future...
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The aliens kill every human they catch, or in rare cases, put trackers on them to discover their hidden villages. When Natalie is caught in an ambush, she is unexpectedly released. But there is no tracker. The Saursunes have an entirely different motive this time.
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Run. Don't look back.
When Natalie is trapped in an alien ambush, she is unexpectedly released. The first human to ever be let go.
The Saursunes invaded centuries ago, and everyone knows that getting caught is certain death. Natalie is confused but grateful to be alive. As a porter, one of the few humans with the rare ability to teleport between special crystal formations, she must leave the safety of her desert village every day to help gather food.
When other villages increase their raids on the Saursunes' farms, the aliens retaliate by hunting down every human they can find - except Natalie's group. Instead of trying to kill her and those helping her, they bring them food instead.
Is it a trap? Or something else? Natalie isn't sure, but one thing is certain: the Saursunes aren't done with her yet.
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