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    Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series: Numbered
    Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series: Numbered
    Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series: Numbered
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    Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series: Numbered

    By Magus Tor

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    “Maybe, when I’m qualified, I’ll be in a better position to change the system.”

    Living their prescriptive lives in City 01, Aurelia and her best friend Marnee are learning how to be the best Med students they could possibly be, but it’s a journey that will test their strength, judgement and morals in a world that, as they grow older, seems increasingly unfair.

    Ground Zero is Magus Tor’s stunning prequel to the gripping Numbered series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeyond His Words
    Release dateAug 30, 2015
    ISBN9781516366897
    Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series: Numbered
    Author

    Magus Tor

    Magus Tor is a dreamer who enjoys dreaming varied dreams of being a doctor, a lawyer, a police officer and a teacher but never in the wildest dream to become a writer. Since starting to write in 2007, Magus continues to explore creating worlds in his imaginative mild. Although he wishes to specialize in writing fantasy but his mind twisted his will and he ended up writing more Science Fiction than Fantasy. So far, his only fantasy novella is D-Nine: Protectors of the Crown.

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      Ground Zero - Magus Tor

      Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series

      Numbered

      Magus Tor

      Published by Beyond His Words, 2015.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      GROUND ZERO: A PREQUEL TO NUMBERED SERIES

      First edition. August 30, 2015.

      Copyright © 2015 Magus Tor.

      ISBN: 978-1516366897

      Written by Magus Tor.

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      Also by Magus Tor

      Cain and Abel

      Genesis

      Exodus

      The Lamentations of Ruth

      Acts

      Revelations

      Dream Killing

      Dream Killing

      Dream Killing 2

      Numbered

      Ground Zero: A Prequel to Numbered Series

      THE NUMBERED SERIES (complete)

      Storyteller Cosmetics

      Love Triangle

      Another Cinderella Story

      Butterfly Dream

      Only You I Love

      Without You

      New Beauty and the Beast

      Standalone

      Mister Nobody

      Life Bank

      D-Nine: Protectors of the Crown

      The Phantom of Misery Sea

      Moonful of Love

      My Ladybird Story

      Watch for more at Magus Tor’s site.

      Title Page

      Ground Zero

      Thank You

      A Preview of Want, Numbered - Book One

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Other Titles

      Aurelia stood at the window of her bedroom pod, looking out at City 01 spread beneath her. Each carefully delineated block housed thousands, all encapsulated in towering, spiral buildings, exactly like hers. She knew that every window she saw looked in upon much the same room as she was in. A bed. A desk. Storage. All carefully molded into the plastic of the pod, built in with soft, gentle curves. White. So much white. With a sigh, she wondered how many of those rooms held someone like her: a soon-to-be graduate. How many bedroom pods were home to someone as simultaneously happy and nervous as she was?

      She leaned her head against the thick, cold plastic of the window, letting the coolness bleed into her skin. She shivered. Today, she was going to become a fully fledged med Worker. Her training was over, and now she had to save people. Or not. The not saving was a whole lot harder than the saving. She blinked and swallowed as her mind drifted back. It was only three weeks ago that she had been in alone in a room with Marnee, yet it felt like a lifetime ago.

      Can you remember the day we met? Marnee had asked, clutching Aurelia's hand, voice breathy and words slurred.

      Definitely, Aurelia had said, smiling down at her best friend. I can see it in my head right now. Sitting in the auditorium, waiting for the head of the medical institute to address us. Our very first day, and I was terrified that someone, somewhere had got everything wrong, and I wasn't supposed to be there at all.

      They never get it wrong. Marnee shook her head. They don't make mistakes.

      No, Aurelia had softly agreed. No, they don't make mistakes, do they?

      Marnee shifted her head on the pillow, closing her eyes as if the effort of keeping them open and moving at the same time were too much. Aurelia realized she was moving into dangerous territory, so she'd gripped Marnee's hand tighter, then brushed the pale blonde hair away from the girl's forehead.

      I was terrified anyway, Aurelia whispered. But you were there. Right next to me. Holding my hand like you are now.

      Marnee had given a weak laugh, her green eyes sparkling a little for a moment. And it was cold like it is now.

      Head still against the window, Aurelia felt a tear trickle down her cheek, tickling her skin. She could skip the ceremony. It would be frowned upon, but she could. However, she'd promised Marnee she wouldn't, that she'd be there, and it would be a celebration. Still, even if she didn't attend, she'd need to go and pick up her job posting. Find out where she was supposed to spend the rest of her life.

      It's time to go, Aurelia, came her father's voice over the com system.

      She swallowed again, scrubbed her face with her hands, and straightened herself.

      Coming, Dad.

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