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KID/LESS
They said the CDCs were progress.
They said childhood would finally be perfected.
They lied.
In a near-future America, parenting has been engineered out of society. Children are no longer raised by families but processed inside government-controlled Child Development Communities—CDC zones that decide who every child will become before they can speak. No crime. No chaos. No choice.
Chip Joyner helped build the system. He thought he was saving lives. He thought he was doing the right thing.
He was wrong. And now it’s too late.
A rebellion is rising—led by the last generation to grow up outside the the **legacy children**. They want revenge. They want the truth. They want their childhood back. And somehow, it all leads back to Chip… and a woman named Mischa Leung—the only person who ever challenged the system, and the only person Chip ever loved.
But Mischa has disappeared.
The CDC has labeled her an enemy.
And someone is erasing anyone who remembers her.
To find her, Chip must face what he created—and decide whether he’s willing to burn it all down.
**KID/LESS** is a relentless dystopian thriller about control, rebellion, and the price of saving what you love—after you’ve already destroyed it.
They said childhood would finally be perfected.
They lied.
In a near-future America, parenting has been engineered out of society. Children are no longer raised by families but processed inside government-controlled Child Development Communities—CDC zones that decide who every child will become before they can speak. No crime. No chaos. No choice.
Chip Joyner helped build the system. He thought he was saving lives. He thought he was doing the right thing.
He was wrong. And now it’s too late.
A rebellion is rising—led by the last generation to grow up outside the the **legacy children**. They want revenge. They want the truth. They want their childhood back. And somehow, it all leads back to Chip… and a woman named Mischa Leung—the only person who ever challenged the system, and the only person Chip ever loved.
But Mischa has disappeared.
The CDC has labeled her an enemy.
And someone is erasing anyone who remembers her.
To find her, Chip must face what he created—and decide whether he’s willing to burn it all down.
**KID/LESS** is a relentless dystopian thriller about control, rebellion, and the price of saving what you love—after you’ve already destroyed it.
195 pages, Paperback
Published October 18, 2025
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