by Koji Burci
The city of tomorrow wasn't built on dreams-it was built on impossible ideas. Hovercars fill the skies. Technology has erased the limits of imagination. And after a mysterious cosmic anomaly, ordinary people have begun awakening extraordinary powers. For eighteen-year-old Jacob, becoming an intern with New Hampton's elite police force is supposed to be the first step toward proving himself. Instead, a terrorist from the city's past returns, exposing a buried truths -one tied to secret experiments, impossible science, and a truth about Jacob that could change everything he thought he knew about himself. As old heroes fall, dangerous enemies rise, and the line between justice and obsession begins to blur, Jacob must discover who he truly is before the city he calls home tears itself apart. Because in New Hampton... The future isn't waiting. It's already here.
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Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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