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    Vitality
    Vitality
    Vitality
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    Vitality

    By Tim Andrewartha

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    ONE DROP AND NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME AGAIN

    Set in an alternative version of the present day, Stylo Green moves to a nameless city to work for Vitality. The company is making a purple soft drink which they promise will change people’s lives – a welcome gesture in a place where society is spiralling down towards its demise.

    The New Movement Party hope to win the next election and clean up the city. Real food is banned so everyone eats plastic–tasting Easy Food except the few who dare to eat illegal fruit and vegetables available on the black market. Dr. Mooseball produces recreational narcotics which are legal and a popular way to relax while Soft Dreams employs people to suck up the ghosts that float around the city.

    Emulla, the girl with the beautiful voice, is different from the others. She and Stylo hit it off, and Stylo’s packaging designs are chosen. Things seem to be going well for him, but he begins to notice something peculiar about his colleagues. The truth starts to unravel but not without bloodshed. When he finally faces his nemesis, nothing can prepare him for what he is about to discover.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTim Andrewartha
    Release dateAug 11, 2014
    ISBN9781501456756
    Vitality
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    Tim Andrewartha

    Tim was born in 1981 in the UK. While growing up in Dorset he was involved in the local music scene, playing in bands and writing for a fanzine. When he studied Media Writing at university in Southampton he started to write fiction. In 2006 he moved to Japan to teach English and he currently lives in Tokyo with his wife.

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