Working Stiffs |
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| Author:
| Bell, Scott |
| ISBN: | 978-1-948051-02-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2017 |
| Publisher: | Red Adept Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.99 |
Book Description:
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Joe Warren, unemployed and almost-degreed electrical engineer, has a terminally ill girlfriend and a bank account bumping rock bottom. Jobs are scarce in 2050, since nanotechnology has created the ability to animate the recently deceased, who are put to work performing menial labor at low wages. These Revivants have replaced the lowest rung of laborers, glutting the job market with living humans.Joe goes looking for a helping hand and gets snared in a group of protestors called the...
More DescriptionJoe Warren, unemployed and almost-degreed electrical engineer, has a terminally ill girlfriend and a bank account bumping rock bottom. Jobs are scarce in 2050, since nanotechnology has created the ability to animate the recently deceased, who are put to work performing menial labor at low wages. These Revivants have replaced the lowest rung of laborers, glutting the job market with living humans.Joe goes looking for a helping hand and gets snared in a group of protestors called the Children of Liberty, landing him in a jail cell. The only cause Joe wants to fight for is Joe, but the Feds force him into spying on the Children of Liberty.When Joe reluctantly infiltrates the protest group, he finds something he never expected or wanted. Friends. And he discovers that maybe there are things in life worth fighting¿and dying¿for.