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Now that Liam told me I could see it everywhere, see THEM everywhere. Nearly every person I passed, walking through Auckland CBD. I wonder what stages they all were; could I save that women? Was that man in a suit lost forever? Was that teenager, about the same age as me, just a shell?

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Amber is as normal as anyone gets, she goes to school, has a facebook account, finds Channing Tatum attractive. But then she finds her brother lying unconscious on the ground. She meets Liam, the mysterious, not to mention good-looking illusionist in the making. And last but not least discovers a deadly parasite.