Genre: Science Fiction Suspense
Word Count: 67,000
Designed to survive
a nuclear holocaust, 17-year-old Ginny’s survival depends on taking down the
immoral senator who placed her and her genetically engineered DNA on the
international chopping block.
The overhead light flared on. Ginny grumbled as she
opened one eye, and the green numbers on the alarm clock glared at her. 12:01.
“It’s the middle of the freakin’ night.”
“Get up. It’s time,” Dad said, his eyes wide, his lips
thinned. “We told you it’d be this way.” He punched the code opening the panic
room at the back of her closet. He installed it last month while spouting a
detailed explanation involving as much intrigue as a political thriller.
After the tenth kidnapping, parents all over town took
extreme measures, but panic rooms? Get real. She thought her parents were overreacting.
She stumbled on Grace, her stuffed pig – a gift from friend,
Toad. “Where’s Mom?”
The door silenced any response, if there was one. A sharp
clank followed the sucking of the vacuum seal, and she found herself imprisoned
by iron walls, cold and unwelcoming. A steel door threw back her distorted
reflection.
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