IF YOU THINK, YOU ARE ALIVE THINKING IS BAD The near future is now. The United States is collapsing under the rule of corrupt leaders. Being an immigrant is illegal. Everyone must be barcoded. No barcode, no freedom. Thinking is bad. Telling the truth is worse. Everyone is under suspicion. No one is safe. CLAIRE an innocent girl horribly disfigured from an unfortunate accident is alone. Her mother is dead. HOWARD—her father—is a brilliant scientist who’s become detached and withdrawn drowning his guilt for her accident with drugs and alcohol. Claire, who has a dangerous secret, has no one to turn to, and time is running out for both of them. The secret, which she carries, could change the course of history forever, and it has made both of them a target. Can Claire save her father? Can she save herself? Will her secret destroy them and all that they love? The answer is in the barcode.