Utopia: A Dark Thriller: Book 1 by Adam Steel

Author:Adam Steel [Steel, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Adam Steel
Published: 2013-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

F2-Genie Project Facility: South Downs

They were only on the shuttle bus for a short time before they approached the area where Genie was located. At the brow of the hill, looking down over the stunning landscape of the South Downs, with its gentle, rolling hills and little copses, Ellie could see into the far distance. The enormity of the Genie facility was staggering. One road led up to the security gates. A huge wire fence circled the vast complex. In the centre was a massive black-domed structure, its tinted solar panels glinting in the sunshine. Several, smaller, glass covered domes clustered around it, like budding yeast cells. At the far end of the complex there were multiple long green hangers and a large loading area. A collection of tall, silver towers, with pipes pointed skywards, platforms and metal stairways spiralled around them like twisted, metal snakes. The domes hugged the ground like a silent, glass, sleeping creature that blended into the velvet, sculpted lawns.

Ellie was astounded by the size of the complex and she gathered by Jon Li’s expression that he was thinking the same thing. It was immense and like nothing they had ever seen before.

The shuttle bus made its way along the long access road. It was getting warmer and the heat of the sun caused a heat haze above the road. As they approached the chain link security gates the bus guard whispered something into his mouthpiece. Ellie thought that he must be liaising with someone inside the plant. The gates swung open slowly and Ellie saw that the fragile looking chain link gates were ‘anything but’. They were almost twelve inches thick and not wire gates at all, but some kind of solid metal. The hologram of the wire fence on the outer wall shimmered as they drove past. The guard at the front of the bus smirked as he saw the amazement of the tour group when they understood the clever illusion. As the gates closed behind them the holographic fences knitted back together completing the illusion once again with a slight shimmer. From each side it looked all too real.

Jon Li breathed wordlessly to Ellie. He didn’t need to say anything he could see the wonder on her face.

A mounted surveillance camera glinted in the sun as it tracked them across the road on approach to the main entrance. Driving away from the closed gates Ellie noticed the camera sights following them. It was like a predatory owl in a tree stalking a mouse below.

The smooth road surface gave way to an immaculate, gravelled parking area in front of the Dome 1: the main reception.

The shuttle bus stopped and pulled up next to an expensive car. It had a personalised registration plate which read: MASON 4. They all knew who’s car it was. Mason Marlene Henson’s. She was number four of the mason’s octagon of eight. She would be conducting the tour in person. She ran the CURE system, with Deckler focusing on TALOS.

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