Title: Code Human
Author: N.J.
Paige
Genre: YA
Science-Fiction
A few days ago, I was living the life
of the privileged elite—now I may not live through the night…
In a dystopian world, far in the
future, seventeen-year-old, Fenesia Thornbark, loses her home, her way of life,
and most of her friends and family, all at the hands of people she once
trusted. With her parents dead, Fenesia is now responsible for her younger
sister’s life, as well as that of several other orphaned children they meet
along the way, while trying to find the resistance group who is fighting the
corrupt government. As she struggles to survive in a hostile environment that
is unfamiliar to her, Fenesia is transformed into an unapologetic
killer—something she had never imagined possible in her former privileged life.
Author Bio
N. J. Paige lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two
children. One of her favorite motto is "Life is a journey and must be
taken one step at a time." And she enjoys hiking through her local forest,
where she gets inspiration from forest Sprites and other woodland creatures.
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Book Excerpt
The Kakus have
seen what Father has done. There is no turning back now. We are now enemies of
our state, our country. They begin to fire at us, nearly hitting Mother in the
head when a bullet grazes the wood beam she is standing by. She screams! And we
go back toward the kitchen door. Moe, JoeJohn, and Sam the jeweler each meet
us, bearing their own rifles. Not all of our friends join us, though. Richard
and Klein, two more of our neighbors whom Father has known for many years,
well, they remain loyal to the Purest.
They move toward
us, firing as they inch closer. Father, Moe, JoeJohn, and Sam try to protect
us. They immediately use their bodies as shields, firing their own weapons at
the Kakus. We hear a scream. It is Sam, and he now lies dead on ground. It’s
all happening so fast—no time to think, no time to mourn the death of a friend.
We have to run! Move fast! Get out of here! We
run toward the old subway station—left by our ancestors—in the square. We see
our image flash across the DigiMax. Soon, the entire country will know that we
are traitors, enemies of the state.
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