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Sugar, Louis Armstrong

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Sugar

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Louis Armstrong

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In a nightmare future as close as tomorrow, the street drug Sugar has turned most of the population into shuffling zombies concerned only with getting another hit. Services and the rule of law have disappeared, government barely exists, and chaos rulesThe cities are a dying place of derelict, burnt-out buildings and roving street gangs. Anyone who can afford it is safe behind The Wall, the fortified security cordon shielding the wealthy inside an oasis of plenty, safe from the unpleasant reality of the world outside ... 17-year-old Jesse wanted out. He knew you had to be tough and smart to survive, and so far so good; he's running a crew of teenage dealers, taking care of his dad, and putting money away to buy his way into the good life.He might just make it, if he can stay alive long enough ... until he meets Phaedra and it all goes to hell.A story of love and betrayal set among the ruins of tomorrow, Sugar is destined to be ranked among contemporary dystopian classics such as The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, and Divergent. By the award-winning author of The Circle of St. George

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