Tokyo, Japan Leiko Tanaka isn’t happy. Her limousine is stuck in traffic, but this is the least of her problems. First Null Towers disappears, then Artemis shows up in China killing thousands of people. The stock market has all but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hackensack, New Jersey Alejandro parks the stolen car in front of a rather anonymous warehouse. His sister Maria isn’t impressed with the destination. <You better have lots of money in there, for making us drive all the way to New[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The White House The President of the United States is used to being waken up in the middle of the night; it’s part of his job. But believing what his Chief of Staff is telling him is much harder. <What[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Null Tower, 47th floor Vesta pours coffee in a mug; her right hand is on fire, heating the beverage before she hands it to Todd Slate. The current head of the company’s public relations looks her in the eye. <So[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Noriko is walking alone, stroking her hands on her bare arms to warm herself. It’s too cold to wear a prom dress, and it looks like it will start to rain soon. Her feet are killing her; she could call[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For most of her life, Noriko has heard people her age whispering behind her back. Did you hear that the Japanese girl is the janitor’s daughter? The white guy. I hear he gets a different woman home every night. Poor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With only 50 floors, Null Tower isn’t the tallest skyscraper in New York. The only thing that makes it stand out is the big steel structure on top of it, shaped like the symbol Ø…Null’s signature. Todd Slate reaches the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The two girls seem unremarkable: just two friends out shopping. The fact that the twenty-something white girl has purple hair might draw a few looks, but this is New York: she’s hardly alone. Her younger Japanese-American friend might seem more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Noriko Null is widely considered the luckiest girl in the world. She only turned nineteen a few days ago and she’s already the smartest and richest person on Earth. She ended the world’s quest for clean, renewable energy. She cured[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
4 A.M. The smartest girl in the world wakes up, her silver eyes shining in the darkness. After a long yawn, she stretches her arms and legs while she orders: <Lights on. Status report.> Neon lights illuminate the bedroom, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
