Loved itThis story is a really interesting, fun one that I think if you're a fan of dystopias and you don't mind a standalone, this is one that should be on your radar.
The Office of Mercy (2013)
Others: Positive Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five — a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natasha's allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it.
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- 9780670025862
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- 305 pages
Genres: science fiction
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