The Place Inside the Storm

It's 2038, and Tara Rivers is fourteen years old, a bit rebellious, and socially awkward. Her family has recently moved to Los Angeles from the Pacific Northwest "rogue" clusters. Tara feels alone and confused. She doesn't have any friends here, except her cat, Xel, a sophisticated robot with artificial intelligence. The corporation where Tara's parents work makes an offer they can't refuse--let them put an implant in Tara's brain to "cure" her autism and make her neurotypical, or Tara's fa...