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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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Red Meat Mountain

Li Yang and Jake were woken up just before dawn by Olga: they'd assigned the last two watch shifts to the girls. Olga said:

"You guys are lucky. It looks like it's going to be a nice day. Now get off that bed, I need some sleep."

Jake and Li Yang had been sharing Jake's bed while the girls took turns sleeping on Li Yang's. Jake got up and glanced at the sleeping Irina and said:

"You've got to wake her up, too. Someone has to be up and keeping an eye on things at all times."

"Come on. There's no way anyone would come around at this hour."

"That's an order," Jake said, giving Olga a hard stare.

"Okay, okay. Whatever."

"But I'll cut you two a break," Jake said. "We'll be around for another hour or so—gotta eat breakfast, run a check on the bicycles, pack a few things, stuff like that. So Irina can go on sleeping for now, we'll wake her up just before we leave."

"Pack? What are you going to pack?"