Stick and Bones - By Phil Geusz -- Can a slave be freed entirely by the
efforts of others? Or must he free himself, lest the chains remain
locked around his heart? Simeon Bolivar carries the taint of slavery in
every cell of his body-he's been genetically engineered to serve as
unpaid labor and hope for nothing more. He's also the teen-aged son of
two of the leaders of the Uprising that in theory set him free. But his
parents were murdered on the brink of true victory and his people
continue to live half-free in a broken society plagued by slums, drugs
and murderous gangs. Does Simeon have what it takes to finish his
parent's work and bring about true freedom? Or will his people fester in
their hell-hole forevermore?