Beat

By: Jared Garett

Nik Granjer hates the Bug. The bug destroyed most of humanity, killing anything with a heart rate over 140 beats. The Prime Administrator issued Papas —digital wrist monitors to keep heart rates down. One night Nik tamped with is Papa discovering a dreadful secret: the Bug might not be there after all.

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Book Description

Better safe than sorry. Better calm than dead.

Nik Granjer hates the Bug. It was the Bug that destroyed the world when it wiped out more than ninety percent of humanity a hundred years ago.

Even now, the Bug kills anyone whose heart rate goes over 140 beats per minute. That's why the Prime Administrator gave everyone the Papas—digital wrist monitors that put people to sleep when their heart rate gets too high. The Papas saved humankind.

But one night on the border of New Frisko, Nik tampers with his Papa and discovers a dreadful secret: the Bug might not be there after all. When his experiment takes a terrible turn, a brutal enforcement squad from the city forces Nik into hiding.

On the run and searching for allies, Nik's only hope is to discover the truth about the Prime Administrator's regime and the origins of the Bug. If he doesn't, humankind may never break free from the conspiracy holding it in its grip.

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