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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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Fish and Soup

While they were sitting around the flickering fire and waiting for their grass-and-fishbone soup to boil, Li Yang told Olga about the discoveries he'd made. Olga wasn't very impressed by the fact that he'd found tin ore.

"So you'll be able to mint bronze coins," she said. "Big deal. Guys, you don't seem to realize that the most valuable thing isn't money. It's food."

"You need money to buy food," Jake said.

"There won't be any food to buy before long, guys. Irina overheard Morello talking to John Hardin. You know, the mayor of Cambridge. Hardin was saying there's practically no food left in town. That there are only a couple of thousand Army rations left, and that they're only giving those to people on the brink of starvation."

"Really?" Jake said. "I had the impression there was plenty of food at the hotel."