Merit-Hunters
4 total works
Ajay often wondered where Tulo would be without the invention of SkipSleep. Back when people used to sleep more, progress was so much slower. Then after SkipSleep, the City just flew.
Ajay Ambers is the perfect Tulo citizen. His climbing merit score, prestigious job, and a host of merit-making friends, all help him get closer to the Glorified Quarters - home to the most Worthy in Tulo. With a Glorified-born girlfriend at his side and a natural talent for technology, Ajay happily settles into the life of success and ambition, without the fear of becoming Unworthy.
However, as the true brutality of the system takes hold, will that fear ultimately destroy him?
Ajay Ambers is the perfect Tulo citizen. His climbing merit score, prestigious job, and a host of merit-making friends, all help him get closer to the Glorified Quarters - home to the most Worthy in Tulo. With a Glorified-born girlfriend at his side and a natural talent for technology, Ajay happily settles into the life of success and ambition, without the fear of becoming Unworthy.
However, as the true brutality of the system takes hold, will that fear ultimately destroy him?
We will make Tulo safe again.
In the aftermath of the Liberation Day attack committed by the Rogue, Command tries to help Tulo City rebuild, yet Ajay Ambers unravels in the face of what he's done to those he loves. Caught between grief and fear, he tries to flee but soon finds himself in even darker territory, trapped with people only driven by hate. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Genni is left behind in the debris of his lies. Unable to move on, she risks her own merit score and digs deeper into Ajay's past on the Side, making harrowing discoveries about the merit-making society she's been raised to respect. As they begin to question the system they live by, one that labels them Worthy or Unworthy, Ajay and Genni must decide what sort of people they want to be... The second in the Merit-Hunters Series, Stolen Crowns continues the dystopian adventure about an intense and gruelling working world.
In the aftermath of the Liberation Day attack committed by the Rogue, Command tries to help Tulo City rebuild, yet Ajay Ambers unravels in the face of what he's done to those he loves. Caught between grief and fear, he tries to flee but soon finds himself in even darker territory, trapped with people only driven by hate. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Genni is left behind in the debris of his lies. Unable to move on, she risks her own merit score and digs deeper into Ajay's past on the Side, making harrowing discoveries about the merit-making society she's been raised to respect. As they begin to question the system they live by, one that labels them Worthy or Unworthy, Ajay and Genni must decide what sort of people they want to be... The second in the Merit-Hunters Series, Stolen Crowns continues the dystopian adventure about an intense and gruelling working world.
