The Forever Contract (A Dystopian YA Novella) The Forever Contract (A Dystopian YA Novella)

The Forever Contract (A Dystopian YA Novella‪)‬

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Publisher Description

In the very near future, the country is plunged into drought and unrest. Scare resources and constant heat are making life completely miserable. Casey doesn't think she can stand slugging back another gel pack or working one more shift at the wells. Fortunately, there's a solution: anyone over the age of seventeen can sign the Forever Contract and enter a utopian paradise. While people's minds take a permanent vacation, their bodies get warehoused and hooked up to a complex array of sensors and feeding tubes. As Casey's brother says, "You upload your consciousness to the system and you're free to live as long as you want, however you want. No more pain, no more heat, no more awful dust, no more work. Just pure thought. It's what our species has always been meant for. Suffering is for philosophers. Not for me."

Casey's ready to sign--a permanent vacation is just what she needs. There's only one problem: her boyfriend James doesn't trust it.

Told from his and her perspectives, The Forever Contract is a 17,000 word (60 page) novella suitable for readers in grade 8 and above.

Would you sign the contract?

GENRE
Young Adults
RELEASED
2012
1 August
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
76
Pages
PUBLISHER
Avery Sawyer
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
116.5
KB

Customer Reviews

Ohdaisy11 ,

A good quick read

As a short story this is a quick and easy read, but more questions are opened up at the end which leaves the reader wanting to know more. A sequel or prequel is needed to fully understand the story.

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