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    Human Error
    Human Error
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    Ongoing
    Ongoing, First published Jan 01, 2016
    BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE)
        BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS)
        
        *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW*
        
        "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus)
          
          Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite.
          
          Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.
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    • astrid
    • british
    • dna
    • dystopia
    • dystopian
    • england
    • future
    • genetic-engineering
    • genetics
    • human
    • humanity
    • jace
    • london
    • modification
    • mutation
    • sciencefiction
    • scifi
    • texttospeech
    • trilogy
    • wattys2017
    • youngadult
    astridbritishdnadystopiadystopianenglandfuturegenetic-engineeringgeneticshumanhumanityjacelondonmodificationmutationsciencefictionscifitexttospeechtrilogywattys2017youngadult
    Table of contentsLast updated May 27, 2019
    • BOOK 1 // ONE: The "Sick" Day
    • BOOK 1 // TWO: The Safe Side
    • BOOK 1 // THREE: The Interview
    • BOOK 1 // FOUR: Shattered Glass
    • BOOK 1 // FIVE: A Dark Hour
    • BOOK 1 // SIX: An Improbable Encounter
    • BOOK 1 // SEVEN: Under Fire
    • BOOK 1 // EIGHT: Test Subject
    • BOOK 1 // NINE: Stalemate
    • BOOK 1 // TEN: The Result
    • BOOK 1 // ELEVEN: Custody
    • BOOK 1 // TWELVE: Loophole
    • BOOK 1 // THIRTEEN: Change of Plan
    • BOOK 1 // FOURTEEN: Fair Trade
    • BOOK 1 // FIFTEEN: Vanishing Girls
    • BOOK 1 // SIXTEEN: Close to Home
    • BOOK 1 // SEVENTEEN: Fireworks
    • BOOK 1 // EIGHTEEN: Narrow Escape
    • BOOK 1 // NINETEEN: The Warning
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY: Aftershock
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-ONE: Confession
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-TWO: Sinister Threat
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-THREE: Family Ties
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-FOUR: Voice of the Nation
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-FIVE: Trespassers
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-SIX: Home Truths
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-SEVEN: Thicker than Water
    • SEQUEL ANNOUNCEMENT
    • BOOK 2 // ONE: Play by the Rules
    • BOOK 2 // TWO: Crumbling Relic
    • BOOK 2 // THREE: Mandatory Procedure
    • BOOK 2 // FOUR: Questions Answered
    • BOOK 2 // FIVE: Unconventional Hero
    • BOOK 2 // SIX: Finders Keepers
    • BOOK 2 // SEVEN: Living Nightmare
    • BOOK 2 // EIGHT: Shock to the System
    • BOOK 2 // NINE: Fresh Air
    • BOOK 2 // TEN: Eye of the Storm
    • BOOK 2 // ELEVEN: Take Shelter
    • BOOK 2 // TWELVE: Candlelight
    • BOOK 2 // THIRTEEN: Eyes Open
    • BOOK 2 // FOURTEEN: Red Alert
    • HUGE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
    • BOOK 2 // FIFTEEN: Think Fast
    • BOOK 2 // SIXTEEN: Under Attack
    • BOOK 2 // SEVENTEEN: Pillow Talk
    • LIFE UPDATE (not a chapter, please don't kill me...)
    • BOOK 2 // EIGHTEEN: Awakening
    • BOOK 2 // NINETEEN: Friend in Need
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY: Next Move
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-ONE: Noble Cause
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-TWO: Before The World Ends

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    • BOOK 1 // ONE: The "Sick" Day
    • BOOK 1 // TWO: The Safe Side
    • BOOK 1 // THREE: The Interview
    • BOOK 1 // FOUR: Shattered Glass
    • BOOK 1 // FIVE: A Dark Hour
    • BOOK 1 // SIX: An Improbable Encounter
    • BOOK 1 // SEVEN: Under Fire
    • BOOK 1 // EIGHT: Test Subject
    • BOOK 1 // NINE: Stalemate
    • BOOK 1 // TEN: The Result
    • BOOK 1 // ELEVEN: Custody
    • BOOK 1 // TWELVE: Loophole
    • BOOK 1 // THIRTEEN: Change of Plan
    • BOOK 1 // FOURTEEN: Fair Trade
    • BOOK 1 // FIFTEEN: Vanishing Girls
    • BOOK 1 // SIXTEEN: Close to Home
    • BOOK 1 // SEVENTEEN: Fireworks
    • BOOK 1 // EIGHTEEN: Narrow Escape
    • BOOK 1 // NINETEEN: The Warning
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY: Aftershock
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-ONE: Confession
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-TWO: Sinister Threat
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-THREE: Family Ties
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-FOUR: Voice of the Nation
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-FIVE: Trespassers
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-SIX: Home Truths
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-SEVEN: Thicker than Water
    • SEQUEL ANNOUNCEMENT
    • BOOK 2 // ONE: Play by the Rules
    • BOOK 2 // TWO: Crumbling Relic
    • BOOK 2 // THREE: Mandatory Procedure
    • BOOK 2 // FOUR: Questions Answered
    • BOOK 2 // FIVE: Unconventional Hero
    • BOOK 2 // SIX: Finders Keepers
    • BOOK 2 // SEVEN: Living Nightmare
    • BOOK 2 // EIGHT: Shock to the System
    • BOOK 2 // NINE: Fresh Air
    • BOOK 2 // TEN: Eye of the Storm
    • BOOK 2 // ELEVEN: Take Shelter
    • BOOK 2 // TWELVE: Candlelight
    • BOOK 2 // THIRTEEN: Eyes Open
    • BOOK 2 // FOURTEEN: Red Alert
    • HUGE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
    • BOOK 2 // FIFTEEN: Think Fast
    • BOOK 2 // SIXTEEN: Under Attack
    • BOOK 2 // SEVENTEEN: Pillow Talk
    • LIFE UPDATE (not a chapter, please don't kill me...)
    • BOOK 2 // EIGHTEEN: Awakening
    • BOOK 2 // NINETEEN: Friend in Need
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY: Next Move
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-ONE: Noble Cause
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-TWO: Before The World Ends
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