An exhilarating dystopian YA recalling The Last of Us and Divergent-Climate ofChaos is a hard-hitting survival story featuring a disabled protagonist thatexplores the chilling effects of climate change and medical debt.In dystopic Seattle, storms have devastated Earth's population, a new virus isspreading, and the privileged live inside domes controlled by Aegis Corp. Healthcare isearned by hours accrued working in Aegis's pharmaceutical factories. If you run shorton hours, you're sent to Harvest House for debt collection-a place from which noone returns.After a storm killed seventeen-year old Fox LaRosa's parents and left her disabled, Foxand her younger sister, Rabbit, join their fugitive aunt's mercenary group Still Alive.Their mission is to restore the imbalance of medical access for post-storm survivors.But when a med supply heist goes south, Rabbit is taken captive, and Still Aliverefuses to rescue her. Fox must choose between duty and family, and leaves home toinfiltrate Aegis's interior domes where Rabbit is being held hostage. The more Foxlearns about life in the domes, though, the more she realizes Still Alive isn't asaltruistic as they claim. In a world where everyone is out for themselves, Fox mustrely on those she trusts least in order to reunite with her sister and expose those inpower for who they really are.The Hunger Games for the next generation, this read stars a disabled protagonist andexplores the devastating potential of climate change left unchecked and theall-too-real consequences of outrageously expensive health insurance affectingmillions today.
An exhilarating dystopian YA recalling The Last of Us and Divergent-Climate ofChaos is a hard-hitting survival story featuring a disabled protagonist thatexplores the chilling effects of climate change and medical debt.In dystopic Seattle, storms have devastated Earth's population, a new virus isspreading, and the privileged live inside domes controlled by Aegis Corp. Healthcare isearned by hours accrued working in Aegis's pharmaceutical factories. If you run shorton hours, you're sent to Harvest House for debt collection-a place from which noone returns.After a storm killed seventeen-year old Fox LaRosa's parents and left her disabled, Foxand her younger sister, Rabbit, join their fugitive aunt's mercenary group Still Alive.Their mission is to restore the imbalance of medical access for post-storm survivors.But when a med supply heist goes south, Rabbit is taken captive, and Still Aliverefuses to rescue her. Fox must choose between duty and family, and leaves home toinfiltrate Aegis's interior domes where Rabbit is being held hostage. The more Foxlearns about life in the domes, though, the more she realizes Still Alive isn't asaltruistic as they claim. In a world where everyone is out for themselves, Fox mustrely on those she trusts least in order to reunite with her sister and expose those inpower for who they really are.The Hunger Games for the next generation, this read stars a disabled protagonist andexplores the devastating potential of climate change left unchecked and theall-too-real consequences of outrageously expensive health insurance affectingmillions today.
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