Gil Hardwick

Podwarp Gil Hardwick

The three-part Podwarp series is a coming-of-age story initially set in a great techno-dystopian city called The Pod. Enclosed in an energy shield, it protects its podling inhabitants from the rough outside life of gauchos who work to feed the place. One podling boy, solxv98fg6, learns to turn his brain implant down and assert his own thoughts. He forgets to log into the System and the Pod thinks he's been processed. Head gaucho, Henri Babineau, finds him confused and lost, trailing him through the great city. He decides the best thing to do is smuggle him out to his home village through the warp gate. Once outside he changes the world.