--- (see updated story plan at bottom)

In the city of urban dystopia Neocopy (in the year 2199), sixteen-year-old Aiden Huang lives the cushy life in as the son of the top executives of a pharmaceutical company. But when his life is thrown into disarray by the brutal sabotage of a rival company, he joins a group of "taggers", an anarchist collective of thieves, mercenaries, and hackers that steal, bribe, and kill to obtain the latest technology and trade secrets...for the highest bidder, of course. There, he meets the dangerous and beautiful Luna Velata, a mysterious girl with a barcode stenciled on her neck and a checkered past nobody fully knows.

As he navigates the treacherous underbelly of Neocopy outside the corrupt law system governing the city, Aiden is forced into a fight of survival against the powerful, oligarchical forces that seek to destroy him. Meanwhile, he also begins to unravel the secret research his parents' company was conducting on the Bar (an impenetrable barrier blocking off the boundaries of the known world), secrets that could spell the end of Aiden's world as he knows it.

*Updated Plan*

Here's a rough layout for the future of this story and what to expect.

There will be 5 Arcs (+/- 1, depending on how things turn out). Chapter numbers will vary per Arc, but as a whole Neocopy will be equivalent to the length of a standard novel, if not longer.

A1: Academy Arc --- COMPLETED

A2: Shadow Raider Arc (ongoing)

A3: Blood Reconnaissance Arc

A4: Orbita Facility Arc

A5: Bar Expedition Arc

My release schedule is not set in stone, but I will try to put out at least 2 chapters weekly.

*What to Expect*

This is a sci-fi thriller with comedic elements mixed in. It will be intense -- this world is not forgiving -- but there will not be non-stop action. I have the intention of making every chapter meaningful, fun, or both, so if a chapter seems to go at a slower pace, it's supposed to go at a slower pace.

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