Synopsis
The world has become dependent on the worldwide Internet (WWN) to accomplish almost all its daily activities. This global population accesses the WWN through the use of cerebral implants. When two nefarious groups misuse the system, their covert programs clash with the WWN causing a system-wide collapse, leaving anyone with implants, mainly adults, unresponsive.
Children commonly receive implants when they reach the age of puberty and when the WWN crashes, those children find themselves abandoned without adult guidance. A handful of adults are unaffected due to the lack of implants. One such adult, Mrs. Nancy Jackson, a teacher, was in the process of getting an upgrade. In preparation to receive her new upgrade, Nancy's internal modem was disconnected, cutting her off from the WWN when the collapse occurred. Nancyfinds herself the only teacher able to take care of nearly 200 surviving children in her school system.
One of the covert programs that caused the crash is still operating at maximum output. The virtual war game was extremely popular with teens and young adults. This youthful population known as web-heads by the younger children is still linked to the war game tournament when the cascade occurs. These young people are now trapped within the virtual war game and no longer conscious of their actions. To make matters worse the young gamers are high on electronically stimulated dopamine production that spurs them on to greater violence. These teens continue to play out the war-game scenarios, registering anyone not linked into the game as the enemy.
Sam and Tim, two of the few young adults who have not been affected by the crash, set out to search the nearest towns for other abandoned children. They must be on constant guard of the web-heads at every turn. During their first search, they discover another unaffected teenage girl who has rescued and hidden the local children. Sam and Tim get a first-hand education of who the web-heads are and how violent they can be.
As a handful of unaffected adults work to establish a stable life and routine for the children, they are unaware of how much danger the web-heads pose. As they begin to settle into their new routine, a group of web-heads invades their safe home. The children themselves rally to stop the attack, but the cost is a harsh lesson of life and death. The brutal attack results in the death of one of the children during the shoot-out.
Sam and Tim, now dubbed the Rangers by the children, are more determined than ever to get to as many towns as possible to rescue the abandoned children and bring them back to the tentative safety of the university campus named the Colony by the children. Sam and Tim must prepare to battle the teens in every town they can reach to save as many children as they can.
Regeneration
This trilogy is a work in progress
Brain Freeze
Reboot
Far Reach
Book II
Book III
The WWW crashes leaving the world's children abandoned without adult care
A colony of survivors has formed and search teams work to collect more survivors however not all survivors are friendly .
The Rangers continue to search but now they have technical help and plan to end the threat at it's source.
