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The Brave New World

IMPORTANT: I WILL NOT BE CONTINUING THIS SERIAL. SYNOPSIS It is January 2nd, 2035. In New York, leaders of all the world's nations are assembling to agree on a plan to save the dying planet: Earth. Of course it's a lie, because the planet isn't about to die. People will. As it often happens when something starts with a lie, disaster strikes. A mysterious electromagnetic storm destroys the global power grid, and cuts communications. Many people die, some commiting suicide because of the inability to post on Instagram. But as soon as the storm dies down, millions of mysterious, glowing cubes appear all over the globe. The cubes contain tools that will let humans colonize a new planet: a bigger, richer version of Earth. The newly formed Colonial Council, which answers to the United Nations, has only one goal: to ease the crisis on Earth by transfers of goods and resources from the New World. Millions of new colonizers rush to the New World, united by a common purpose: to turn their dreams into reality. Some dream of getting rich by trading New World goods. Some dream of conquest, and building an empire. Some dream of peace, adoration, and love. Some will succeed, and others will fail. But fortune always favors the brave.

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

A few minutes later, Morello took Li Yang and Jake up to their room for the night. It turned out to be the very same room in which they'd stayed when they'd arrived at the hotel with Olga, after deserting from the Poet's camp next to the burnt-out Paradise Villas.

"It smells a little musty in here," said Morello, leading them into the room while holding the saucer with the candle in an upraised hand. "But that can't be helped. We haven't unsealed any windows on this floor yet. You want fresh, uh, fresher air, you leave the door open. Water's on between seven and eight. Cold only, but you're tough guys, you can handle it."

"Okay," Jake said doubtfully.

"I'm leaving you this candle. I can find my way around this whole place with my eyes closed. Make sure you kill any living creatures that want to share this room with you. Whack them the moment you see them, if you can see them."

"You mean insects? Like cockroaches and ants?" asked Jake.