BAMBOO

<b>I did not set out to write a novel.</b> By chance I encountered a curious object: a tiny holographic cube. Under a grant from a luminary of Silicon Valley fame I quietly assembled the technical team including a professor from a famed university and an investigator from a US alphabet agency (retired) to decrypt the prismatic illusion.<br><br>The translation unfolded initially as a note of thanks from some unknown future. Only after the team began to collate the research for peer review did I realize that a greater narrative had emerged: <b>the tale of a teen girl's remarkable odyssey</b>:<br><br><i>In a near tomorrow Gen journeys from her lonely family farm in search of a gleaming utopia filled with excitement new friends... maybe even love. But Earth's fury tumbles her into a brutish world beyond her imagination. Where nature is a nemesis. Humanity is hostile. And no place is safe. As Gen struggles to survive in this nightmare others seek to use the dark-skinned girl's secrets against her. Now she must battle rough men and terrible beasts to find her way home.</i><br><br>Over 18 months of teasing the data from the quantum realm the team restored the text to the form presented here. Due to its indeterminate origin and unverifiable intent I present Gen's entire epic as fiction.