Michael Grant - BZRK - RELOADED

For God’s sake, Plath who is really Sadie McLure, why didn’t you just do it?

Too precious to kill, are you, little rich girl?

Then what the hell are you doing in BZRK?

Don’t you know it’s a war, Plath? Don’t you know this is a battle for the human soul?

Why didn’t you kill, Plath?

First published in Great Britain 2013

by Electric Monkey – an imprint of Egmont UK Limited

The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London, W11 4AN

Copyright © The Shadow Gang 2013

The moral rights of the author have been asserted

Endpage photograph © Dimarion/Shutterstock

ISBN 978 1 4052 6311 5

eISBN 978 1 7803 1255 2

www.egmont.co.uk

www.electricmonkeybooks.co.uk

A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

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EGMONT

Our story began over a century ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment.

The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.

For Katherine, Jake and Julia

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength.

Loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

Kiss the crazy.

@Horse_ebooks

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Copyright First published in Great Britain 2013 by Electric Monkey – an imprint of Egmont UK Limited The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London, W11 4AN Copyright © The Shadow Gang 2013 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Endpage photograph © Dimarion/Shutterstock ISBN 978 1 4052 6311 5 eISBN 978 1 7803 1255 2 www.egmont.co.uk www.electricmonkeybooks.co.uk A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Please note: Any website addresses listed in this book are correct at the time of going to print. However, Egmont cannot take responsibility for any third party content or advertising. Please be aware that online content can be subject to change and websites can contain content that is unsuitable for children. We advise that all children are supervised when using the internet. EGMONT Our story began over a century ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment. The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.

Dedication For Katherine, Jake and Julia

Epigraph Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength. Loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu Kiss the crazy. @Horse_ebooks

ARTIFACT ARTIFACT To: Lear From: Nijinsky Wilkes is alive and back with us. Ophelia is alive despite the loss of both legs below the knee. Keats and Plath are both well and performed magnificently. Vincent is suffering from a deep depression following the loss of one biot. The second biot was badly injured but is recovering. Vincent is being cared for, outcome very uncertain. We failed in our main objective. We await instructions.

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Author’s Note

About the Author

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To:Lear

From:Nijinsky

Wilkes is alive and back with us.

Ophelia is alive despite the loss of both legs below the knee.

Keats and Plath are both well and performed magnificently.

Vincent is suffering from a deep depression following the loss of one biot. The second biot was badly injured but is recovering. Vincent is being cared for, outcome very uncertain.

We failed in our main objective.

We await instructions.

To:Nijinsky

From:Lear

During Vincent’s incapacity you are in charge of NYC cell, Nijinsky. You’re the wrong person for the job. Become the right person.

Central Intelligence Agency–Office of Technology Threat Assessment

Transcript of interview with Professor Edwin H. Grossman, February 28, 2012

(Page 7 of 9)

Q:In your opinion then, this is a serious threat but not an urgent one?

Grossman:I don’t know your definition of urgent. Look, the gray goo scenario is not science fiction, not any longer. Nanotech is advancing by leaps and bounds. There is some very important research going on at MIT, and at UC Irvine, as well as in my own department at Texas.

Q:But anyone researching nanotech is aware of the danger.

Grossman:Fermi was aware of the danger of nuclear fission. Watson and Crick were aware of the danger of DNA. Alfred Nobel was aware of the danger of dynamite when he invented it. No doubt the first cave man to swing a club was aware–