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“Bluescreen is a stunning deluge of imagination, filled with suspense and twists and unforgettable characters. This book is just plain awesome.”—James Dashner, bestselling author of The Maze Runner

From Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, comes the first book in a new sci-fi-noir series. Los Angeles in 2050 is a city of open doors, as long as you have the right connections. That connection is a djinni—a smart device implanted right in a person’s head. In a world where virtually everyone is online twenty-four hours a day, this connection is like oxygen—and a world like that presents plenty of opportunities for someone who knows how to manipulate it.

Marisa Carneseca is one of those people. She might spend her days in Mirador, but she lives on the net—going to school, playing games, hanging out, or doing things of more questionable legality with her friends Sahara and Anja. And it’s Anja who first gets her hands on Bluescreen—a virtual drug that plugs right into a person’s djinni and delivers a massive, nonchemical, completely safe high. But in this city, when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and Mari and her friends soon find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy that is much bigger than they ever suspected.

Cyberpunk World: A stunningly imagined Los Angeles of 2050, where smart-device ‘djinni’ are implanted in everyone’s head and the line between the real world and the net has blurred completely. Virtual Reality Thriller: When Marisa’s friend Anja gets her hands on Bluescreen, a dangerous new virtual drug, it plunges them into a deadly conspiracy that goes far beyond the screen. Found Family: Join the Cherry Dogs, a team of professional gamers and lifelong friends who have each other’s backs whether they’re in the Overworld or dodging real-world gangsters. Latina Protagonist: Meet Marisa Carneseca, a brilliant teen from the barrio of El Mirador who must use every skill she has to protect her friends and family from a threat no one saw coming.