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Without Artifice

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Time 7h 7m

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Rina Hart, latest celebrity singer and actress-to-be, is on top of the world. All the guys want her, all the girls want to be her, and everyone's eyes are on her. But after an incident at a party where Rina got stabbed by a crazed fan, both her parents and agent realise that she needs better protection, and decide to take up the offer of a robot bodyguard for her to protect her 24/7. After a little customisation, she boots him up and calls him Kai. 
  
  Everything became routine, easy... until one day, when a routine upgrade seems to change Kai in an unexpected way. Rina notices little things that Kai does that he shouldn't, like getting curious about the outside world and others, asking questions without prompting or command, and the fact that his artificial emotions are getting steadily less artificial by the day. Rina realises that her robot is gaining his own will, but unfortunately she isn't the only one to spot that Kai is becoming more human...
  
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ACTION - SCI/FI - ROMANCE Cara has no memory of her life before and after this mission it will be the same. Wipe the slate clean until she is needed again. Just like a memory stick. The James Bonds of this world are often undercover so deep that they need to produce a girlfriend, fiancee, wife or lover to back up their story. That is where Cara comes into play. Literally. They pick her name, hair colour, demeanour, fashion sense, sexuality and programme her to believe the cover story as though it was her own life. They can do whatever they want with her. Her handler deals with the programming. Should she fail the mission she will be terminated. She is also an assassin. Programmed to take out a target. This mission... was also her target but something stopped her. What and why she is yet to find out but in return for saving his life, her target helps her escape. She may not know who she really is but one thing she does know for sure, she will avenge herself and make them pay, if only she could remember who 'they' are and more importantly who she was. Freedom is never for Free. Freedom is a lie, a hope, a dream wished for by those who don't have it and taken for granted by those who do. Become a facebook fan https://www.facebook.com/groups/483837348313701/