Cast Out
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Last published Wed, May 29, 2013
Platinum City, 3023, a world nobody in this day and age wants to live in. It's a world of law and order, and any step outside the lines can put you at risk. It's a world ruled by strict government officials that will not allow attitude, rebellion or self-expression of any kind.
Nyx is a teenage foster child who has been in fourteen different foster homes in the past eleven years. That's because she is what people in 3023 do not like to see. The teen has run away five times and has even shoplifted once, and is now a wanted criminal. But in Nyx's previous escape, she discovered a place where teens like her can unite, and not have to worry about the rules. Each one has a story, a bad background, and a reason to be there. Nyx is one of them. Now the group has come up with a plan. A plan to change the world as they know it. But with the world being the way it is, how can these rebellious teenagers do anything without getting caught? Will it work, and will they make it?
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