Override

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

OVERRIDE. Copyright © 2013 by Heather Anastasiu. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by Ervin Serrano

Cover photograph of girl by Michel Legrou

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Anastasiu, Heather.

Override / Heather Anastasiu.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-250-00300-3 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-1-250-02234-9 (e-book)

[1. Individuality—Fiction. 2. Emotions—Fiction. 3. Thought and thinking—Fiction. 4. Psychic ability—Fiction. 5. Government, Resistance to—Fiction. 6. Science fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.A51852Ove 2013

[Fic]—dc23

2012042134

ISBN 978-1-250-00300-3 (trade paperback)

ISBN 9781250022349 (e-book)

First Edition: February 2013