Böcker av Susan Cullen

The World Collective is crumbling. Change is stirring. It is time for the people to act, to come together as a United People. Rygita did the impossible - she faced Thanatos and lived. Now, with the terrorist Tazib captured, life should be returning to normal. Too bad things are never that simple. Thanatos continues to kill and despite the World Collective's efforts to keep the truth secret the increasing early deaths are taking a toll on the system. DATA needs more information if they hope to repair The Code. Ry is positive Tazib holds the answers but getting him to reveal them is a challenge. With the world around her growing more and more complicated Ry must discern the truth from fantasy. The perfect music tells her there is a plan but how does that help her navigate her day-to-day life and relationships? And how do the United People factor in? Is the secret organization the key to ensuring a future for all?

WE LIVE OUR STORIES, SERVING OUT VITAL ROLES, HAPPY TO KNOW WE ARE A PART OF THE COLLECTIVE When environmental disaster threatened to end all life on earth, humanity came together and created The World Collective. Using The Code, a computer program that tracks every detail, citizens live in harmony, each ensured a full life story with access to food, medicine, education, and meaningful work as part of the collective. But what happens when The Code is hacked? The last terrorist attack happened eight years ago. Ry was the only survivor. Now fourteen, she can't help but notice everything is happening too fast, especially when she is activated for her vital role four years early. A terrorist has tampered with the coding that controls vital roles and Ry has been assigned to the very team tasked with his capture. As Ry adapts to life as an adult in a new city and working to make new friends, she begins to see that more is at stake than a couple kids being forced to grow up too fast. Because The Code controls every aspect of life... And death.