Five Strikes
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Last published Fri, Mar 2, 2018
A revolutionary technology allows an implanted chip to decide the difference between right and wrong- the ideal judge in your own brain. When law is broken, enlightened strikes on the lawbreaker's wrists indicate how close they are to being justified.
Icarus is a high school junior, who lives a seemingly mundane life. He struggles to live a life without flaw, just like everyone else. His world shifts when he realizes that the system he has become so accustomed to has its own flaws.
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