Synthetica
(Synthetica #1)
Release
Date: 04/01/15
Summary
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This city is falling.
Seventeen-year-old Anais Finch lives in a world where everyone is born beautiful, where every dream is a possibility - and where their every move and every piece of personal information is recorded by an ID picochip inserted behind their right ear. When technology giant, Civitas, finally announces the launch of their highly anticipated Scholarly Learning Programs, which allow people to download and learn any subject instantly, Anais can hardly wait.
Seventeen-year-old Anais Finch lives in a world where everyone is born beautiful, where every dream is a possibility - and where their every move and every piece of personal information is recorded by an ID picochip inserted behind their right ear. When technology giant, Civitas, finally announces the launch of their highly anticipated Scholarly Learning Programs, which allow people to download and learn any subject instantly, Anais can hardly wait.
But not everyone is pleased with society's progress, and not everyone wants to
fit in. When Anais witnesses a brutal murder on an innocent citizen and is
implicated in the crime, she becomes determined to uncover the truth,
especially when others like it begin to occur all over the city. But it may
already be too late for Anais to stop the man who calls himself 'the Hacker'
before he commits his most appalling crime yet...
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1 (Prologue):
The
green light flashed. Finally, the program was online.
He
paused, staring at the computer screen, hardly daring to believe it.
The computer was an antique from the 21st Century, but using such old
technology had its advantages. For one, it meant that its software
didn't register on modern computer models, making it laughably easy
to hack into any new system. These people truly were arrogant if they
believed themselves to be untouchable.
Well,
he was just about to prove to them just how wrong they were.
He
skimmed the text with an expert eye, registering certain details as
they leapt out at him. ID number, name, age, job title, where they
lived, even what they ate last week. His laugh was muffled by the
black mask strapped across the lower half of his face. This was
almost too easy. It was almost as if they wanted to die.
His
fingers flew over the keyboard as he typed in commands, the computer
whining as he pushed it to its maximum capacity. He pressed the
'Enter' key without pausing.
Whilst
he waited for confirmation that his command had been sent, his grey
eyes wandered over to the small box of picochips on the desk; their
silver and bronze whorls twinkling in the half light. If this test
worked...these tiny wonders he created were about to change the
world.
Ten
years. Ten years he'd been waiting for this moment. Waiting for them
to mess up. Waiting for them to create something he could manipulate
to his own ends. And finally, it was here. All of his waiting and
planning would finally pay off.
The
computer beeped, telling him that his command had been accepted by
the host. Behind his mask he smiled a cold, cruel smile.
Time
to see what Mr Smithson was capable of. He wondered, just for the
briefest of seconds, if Mr Smithson had any objection to becoming a
murderer. Not that it mattered if he did – he'd be dead in a few
hours anyway.
About
the Author
So
what qualifies me to be a writer? Well, ever since an early age I've been more
interested in the worlds in my head, than the real one - so I thought it was
finally time to do something about it. I went to uni, got a degree in
publishing, worked in an office for a while, decided I hated it, went to China,
came back...and now I'm a teaching assistant by day and a YA writer by night.
Phew! It's been quite a journey, but I wouldn't change it for the world.
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