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Book Title: Remote
Author: Lisa Acerbo
Genre: Sci-fi Romance
Word Count: 71k
Publisher: Etopia Press
Formats available: .mobi, .pdf, .epub
Description:
When technology fulfills every dream, reality
becomes a nightmare.
Below the streets of New State, the undergrounders
fight to remain free of the technological control of the world above. Every
night, Yara risks her life fighting New State’s deadliest weapons, the drones.
Half human and half machine, their living half tortured until everything human
is gone, the drones have only one objective. Kill. And they do it with exacting
precision.
Yara is good at her job and committed to her raids
on New State. Until one of those raids brings her face-to-face with Joshua, a
New State citizen who doesn’t quite fit her preconceived expectations. After a
couple of awkward encounters, he shows her the meaning of hooking up—a computer
simulation that allows people to live out their fantasies—without the
complication of emotional entanglements or physical reality. But what Yara
feels for Joshua is very real. And it’s punishable by law.
As she and Joshua grow closer, she convinces him
to leave New State for her underground cause. But as the unrest between New
State and the underground escalates, and the drones move in to destroy her
world, nothing goes as planned. Families are arrested, loyalties are strained,
and Yara’s forced to choose between her people and her feelings. The wrong
choice could mean the end of her people, and reality could slip away—forever...
Excerpt:
“Hi,” he called out.
Yara’s heart hammered, and adrenaline coursed
through her limbs. She turned to run.
“Wait,” the stranger whispered. “I won’t turn you
in. I’m out here too.” He obviously didn’t realize that Yara was a rebel. He
might not know it yet, but he would soon. Still, he didn’t sound dangerous.
Maybe Yara could take care of him. She had never had to kill anyone totally
human, but she had trained to do so. At this point, she didn’t think she would
need to. The skinny boy didn’t look like a real threat, either.
She turned back toward him and attempted what she
hoped was a look of death and destruction.
Instead of being scared, he smiled at her and
brushed the hair out of his eyes. Even in the shadowy street, Yara could see
the color was a beautiful emerald green. She had a hard time looking away,
until his voice jarred her back to reality.
“I’m Joshua15111,” he said robotically. “What are
you doing out here?”
“I could ask you the same thing.”
“Enjoying the night sky,” he replied, each word
clipped and succinct. Unable to make prolonged eye contact, he looked toward
the stars.
“Aren’t you supposed to be hooked up to an
alternate universe, enjoying battle, boobs, or whatever perverted fantasy you
want to conquer tonight?” Yara asked, and then instantly regretted her words.
“Hey, it’s not like that. You know how it is.” For
the first time, his voice took on a more humanistic quality. He sounded peeved.
She grunted in response. She didn’t know anything
of the sort.
Joshua15111 looked at her briefly, quizzically.
“Wait, do you know that? Are you one of them? The rebels?”
Oh no. “What rebels?”
“Are you for real? Everyone knows about the
rebels. You must be one. Are you a rebel? That’s so cool.”
Me and my big mouth. Fear finally overtook her.
Vague ideas about running away from or fighting the stranger flitted by, but
Yara’s feet felt like concrete blocks. She wasn’t even sure she’d be able to
form a coherent sentence if he asked her something about the underground.
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