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    The Plague Council: A Prequel Short Story to Oceania: The Underwater City
    The Plague Council: A Prequel Short Story to Oceania: The Underwater City
    The Plague Council: A Prequel Short Story to Oceania: The Underwater City
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    The Plague Council: A Prequel Short Story to Oceania: The Underwater City

    By Eliza Taye

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    Billions are dead. The world is changed forever. Fear is rampant and for once, humans are the ones on the brink of extinction. But there are survivors and they are determined to never allow anything like The Great Plague of 2083 to ever happen again. The most powerful countries in the world have assembled a group of people to make one decision: how can the human race be safeguarded for future generations?

    The Plague Council is a short story prequel to Oceania: The Underwater City. Discover how the underwater city came to be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEliza Taye
    Release dateOct 24, 2018
    ISBN9780463446188
    The Plague Council: A Prequel Short Story to Oceania: The Underwater City
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    Eliza Taye

    Eliza Taye has always had an insatiable desire for stories of any kind, whether they be books, audiobooks, video games, films, or plays. If it has a story element to it, she enjoys it. After obtaining a marine science degree, she became inspired to write sci-fi in addition to the fantasy stories she wrote growing up. Two material things Eliza could never live without: books and music. She never leaves the house without at least one book and a way to listen to music. Music fuels her passion for storytelling, allowing her to daydream that she’s defeating bad guys, exploring unknown worlds, or wielding swords of destiny, when in reality, she’s just writing about it. She writes sci-fi, fantasy, and action adventure novels for young adults.

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      The Plague Council - Eliza Taye

      The Plague Council

      A Prequel Short Story to Oceania: The Underwater City

      By: Eliza Taye

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright Page

      Copyright 2018 by Eliza Taye

      All Rights Reserved

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright owner of this book. The only exception is brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, businesses, organizations, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Copyright Page

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      36 Years Later

      More Books by Eliza Taye

      Review Request Page

      Author’s Note

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Chapter 1

      Jessica Jenkins, affectionately known as JJ, strode up to the edge of the balcony of the T2N building in London. An assembly of people from around the world were taking their seats in the tens of rows at the bottom level of the auditorium. Each person was part of a delegation from every single country in the world. Only those belonging to the T2N’s secret council would be allowed into the secret room in the basement sublevel. Only they would be deciding the future fate of humanity.

      And she was one of them.

      The representative of Great Britain, she would be speaking for her people. As part of the T2N, or Top 20 Nations, they were responsible for safeguarding the future of all mankind. The Top 20 Nations were economic powerhouses with some of the largest populations of Great Plague survivors. The T2N was formed a year after the end of the plague to help the world rebuild. Great Britain had been one of the first to join, but they too had been greatly affected by the worldwide plague of 2083—over half of their island’s population had died.

      Five years had passed since a cure had been discovered and the plague died down. Yet, the fear and paranoia still lingered. The world was afraid of what to do next. What would happen if this ever occurred again? For years people were too terrified to make a decision about it. Not anymore. Yes, 2094 would be a different year.

      Sighing, Jessica turned away from the railing and headed for the elevator at the top of the balcony steps.

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