Because she feels alone and frightened, Zoe considers turning herself in however, the idea of freedom from the Link is too enticing.Īny thought of returning to her drone-like state evaporates when Zoe meets Adrien, a young man who lives on the Surface. She works hard to hide her situation because any hint of an anomaly would lead to a mandatory repair or even deactivation.
For Zoe, everything changes when her hardware begins to glitch, enabling her to experience beauty and feelings that are foreign, yet exhilarating, to her. Here, all human emotions have been overridden by an implanted chip that connects residents to the Link, from which all information is imparted by the Uppers. The Community is an underground city created after the Old World was destroyed by human anger, hate, and greed. Teenage Zoel, who secretly calls herself Zoe, lives with her mother, father, and younger brother Markan in the Community. The glitch exposes her and her fellow glitchers to the dangers of not conforming. This robotic existence ends for 17-year-old Zoe when her hardware begins to glitch, opening a world of color, beauty, and freedom. Glitch, by Heather Anastasiu, takes place in a world in which an implanted chip keeps people free of emotions, both good and bad.
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