Keith Ward
Internet Kill Switch
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(Wardwords Jan. 11, 2014)
You can't text.
Can't Snap.
Can't Instagram.
No YouTube, no Twitter, no Facebook. Your phone doesn't work -- at all.
What would you do?
If you're Tony Carver, nearly-invisible high-schooler, you wonder if the world's coming to and end. You may be right.
Tony's safe, normal life is rocked when the social media world suddenly shuts down. An apocalyptic madman has wrecked the Internet, and plunges America into chaos.
In a strange twist of fate, Tony stumbles across a smartphone like none he's ever seen before. It has a human-like personality -- it’s cocky, insulting and rude. But this amazing phone can also hack any network in the world with childlike ease.
That means Tony’s phone -- which has become a friend -- can fix the Internet and get America back on its feet, before it’s too late. If Tony has the courage and determination to do the right thing.
Tony’s not alone, though: risking it all with him are his best friend Rick, who has a taste for fast driving and rule breaking; and Scarlett, so stunning and smart that Tony knows she’s out of his league.
The Internet’s down. Armageddon will follow. Unless Tony and his friends -- and his phone -- can stop it.