What do you do when the brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down?
No touching today for a healthy tomorrow.
For fifty years, the Key Corporation has defended humanity against a deadly virus that spreads through touch. Lovers don’t kiss, or even hold hands. Personal boundaries are valued above all. Break the laws, and you’ll face execution.
Elodie, a talented young nurse, believes in the mission of the Key and has never questioned the laws that control her life. But Elodie is forced to break the rules when she sets out in search of a terminal patient who goes missing while under her care.
From the outside, it seems like Aiden was given everything he could want from the Key—a purpose, an education, and a future. But Aiden knows more than he’s letting on, and the dark secrets he’s keeping could tear the Key’s strict society apart.
When Elodie and Aiden’s lives collide, the fallout will be devastating. What do you do when the brutal system that once kept you safe hunts you down?
Run.
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“With high energy, expertly crafted prose, and dialogue bringing a bleak reality to life, Cast has shaped an unforgettable dystopia worthy of Orwell or Huxley, with eerie relevance to contemporary society, as ‘The Key’ maintains control over every facet of residents’ lives. This thrilling and dangerous dystopic journey reminds readers that the corpses were—and remain—humans, that love is integral to our fabric as sentient beings, and that there is a promise of hope out there. And, of course, the Key’s haunting mantra, ‘No touching today for a healthy tomorrow,’ has never been more relevant.”
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