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No Safety in Numbers

Book 1 of the No Safety in Numbers series

When a strange device is discovered in the air ducts of a busy suburban mall, the entire complex is suddenly locked down. No one can leave. No one knows what is going on.

At first, there's the novelty of being stuck in a mega mall with free food and a gift certificate. But with each passing day, it becomes harder to ignore the dwindling supplies, inadequate information, and mounting panic.

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Then people start getting sick.

Told from the point of view of two guys and two girls, this is a harrowing look at what can happen under the most desperate of circumstances, when regular people are faced with impossible choices. Some rise to the occasion. Some don't.

And for some - it's too late.

Genre
science fictiondystopiaadventurepost-apocalypticthriller
Themes
survivalfriendshipterrorismdisasterillness
Setting
2010snew york state
Mood
darkintense
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 263 pages

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