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Wrongfully accused. Ruthlessly hunted. Fighting to survive. Thirteen-year-old Aiko Takahashi wakes in juvenile detention, burdened by guilt and accused of a crime she didn’t commit. But her captivity is no accident—it’s part of a ruthless game orchestrated by Malcolm, a shadowy figure obsessed with twisting her late mother’s research for his own personal gain. Her mother’s work promised to reshape humanity itself, and within Aiko lies the key.

Dive into the exhilarating world of Nigel Watson and his team of teenage hackers and assassins, as they navigate the treacherous terrain of the cyber realm. From cunning hackers to malevolent AIs, this series will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. This box set contains the complete Cyber Teen Project collection, ensuring that fans won't miss a single byte of action.

In a world where machines create most music, Alice Parsons is fed up, but what can she do? When she loses the only job she’s ever liked, she stumbles on a club that caters only to humans. She’s intrigued, and decides to inquire within. She discovers a group of rebels whose values align with her own. The president of MuseFam, the largest supplier of AI-generated music, takes an interest in the group of rebels and wants them stopped. When someone from Alice’s past reenters her life, suddenly her world is turned upside down, and she’s forced to come to terms with her situation.

After the AI Copyright Act is repealed, megacorporations such as MuseFam increase the production of AI-generated music more than ever before. Robot production kicks into top gear, and they manufacture thousands each day. Recent legislation requires owners of all-human clubs to accept all patrons, including robots. Outraged Alice Parsons unites several all-human club owners. Soon Alice finds herself in a plot to eliminate the MuseFam problem once and for all.

Alone and hurt, Alice is trying to pick up the pieces after the world crumbles around her. New York is just emerging from a devastating technological meltdown, and the authorities are blaming Alice. Just when she is feeling she can survive, she is jettisoned into a world she doesn’t recognize and questions her reality.

Josephine “Jet” Smith needs an escape. Stuck as an isolated wheelchair-user whose boyfriend is MIA, the once-highly ranked gamer resets as a new character in her favorite virtual world. And when the Dungeon Master is attacked and shadowy external powers close in, the talented player logs right into a battle to protect the realm from destruction. With magical attacks targeting key PCs, Jet doubles down and activates a quest to find the six pillars that hold the cyber universe together.

When Alice lands a new job as a talent agent that caters to all-human rock and roll bands, her world is turned upside down when a mysterious man captures one of her friends and leaves a sinister calling card. As she investigates, a series of unexpected circumstances threatens to unravel the life she has so carefully built.