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    Human Error
    Human Error
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    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 contents
    • BOOK 1 // ONE: The "Sick" Day
      Fri, Jan 1, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // TWO: The Safe Side
      Tue, Jan 5, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // THREE: The Interview
      Fri, Jan 8, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // FOUR: Shattered Glass
      Fri, Jan 15, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // FIVE: A Dark Hour
      Fri, Jan 22, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // SIX: An Improbable Encounter
      Sat, Jan 30, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // SEVEN: Under Fire
      Fri, Feb 5, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // EIGHT: Test Subject
      Fri, Feb 12, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // NINE: Stalemate
      Fri, Feb 19, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // TEN: The Result
      Tue, Mar 8, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // ELEVEN: Custody
      Thu, Mar 17, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // TWELVE: Loophole
      Fri, Apr 1, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // THIRTEEN: Change of Plan
      Wed, Jun 8, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // FOURTEEN: Fair Trade
      Thu, Jun 23, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // FIFTEEN: Vanishing Girls
      Sat, Jul 2, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // SIXTEEN: Close to Home
      Thu, Jul 21, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // SEVENTEEN: Fireworks
      Fri, Jul 29, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // EIGHTEEN: Narrow Escape
      Thu, Sep 22, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // NINETEEN: The Warning
      Thu, Nov 3, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY: Aftershock
      Sun, Dec 4, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-ONE: Confession
      Sat, Dec 17, 2016
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-TWO: Sinister Threat
      Mon, Jan 9, 2017
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-THREE: Family Ties
      Sat, Jan 21, 2017
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-FOUR: Voice of the Nation
      Thu, Feb 16, 2017
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-FIVE: Trespassers
      Wed, Feb 22, 2017
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-SIX: Home Truths
      Fri, Mar 10, 2017
    • BOOK 1 // TWENTY-SEVEN: Thicker than Water
      Fri, Mar 17, 2017
    • SEQUEL ANNOUNCEMENT
      Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    • BOOK 2 // ONE: Play by the Rules
      Sun, Nov 5, 2017
    • BOOK 2 // TWO: Crumbling Relic
      Mon, Dec 4, 2017
    • BOOK 2 // THREE: Mandatory Procedure
      Mon, Dec 11, 2017
    • BOOK 2 // FOUR: Questions Answered
      Mon, Dec 18, 2017
    • BOOK 2 // FIVE: Unconventional Hero
      Sun, Dec 24, 2017
    • BOOK 2 // SIX: Finders Keepers
      Wed, Jan 3, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // SEVEN: Living Nightmare
      Wed, Jan 10, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // EIGHT: Shock to the System
      Mon, Jan 22, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // NINE: Fresh Air
      Mon, Jan 29, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // TEN: Eye of the Storm
      Mon, Feb 5, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // ELEVEN: Take Shelter
      Mon, Feb 12, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // TWELVE: Candlelight
      Mon, Feb 26, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // THIRTEEN: Eyes Open
      Mon, Mar 12, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // FOURTEEN: Red Alert
      Tue, Mar 20, 2018
    • HUGE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT
      Fri, Apr 20, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // FIFTEEN: Think Fast
      Sun, Apr 22, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // SIXTEEN: Under Attack
      Mon, May 7, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // SEVENTEEN: Pillow Talk
      Sun, May 20, 2018
    • LIFE UPDATE (not a chapter, please don't kill me...)
      Wed, Oct 31, 2018
    • BOOK 2 // EIGHTEEN: Awakening
      Sat, Jan 19, 2019
    • BOOK 2 // NINETEEN: Friend in Need
      Sun, Feb 24, 2019
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY: Next Move
      Sun, Mar 10, 2019
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-ONE: Noble Cause
      Sun, May 19, 2019
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-TWO: Before The World Ends
      Mon, May 27, 2019

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    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.

    52 parts

    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY: Next Move
      Sun, Mar 10, 2019
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-ONE: Noble Cause
      Sun, May 19, 2019
    • BOOK 2 // TWENTY-TWO: Before The World Ends
      Mon, May 27, 2019
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