Everyone thinks she's dead. Turns out she went undercover.
An edge-of-your-seat reverse heist thriller about a teen spy who must outsmart a team of criminals in order to free a building full of innocent hostages . . . and herself. Masterfully weaving together the undercover secrecy and thrills of The Naturals series, the killer twists and turns of Five Survive and the futuristic setting of Cyberpunk 2077.
'An incredibly fun, fast-paced blend of a spy thriller mixed with speculative elements. A fantastic, immersive read.' Ravena Guron, author of This Book Kills
In the near future, to combat identity theft, paper and plastic IDs have been replaced with permanent biometric tattoos. But governments still need people to work in the shadows. These people are called wraiths.
THEN
When she was fifteen, Augusta Pine (alias) hacked a car's autopilot and accidentally killed her first crush. She was given two options: 1) Spend twenty years in prison for manslaughter or 2) serve ten years in the Identity Security Division as a wraith - an undercover spy with no official existence. Augusta chose the second.
NOW
Eighteen-year-old Augusta has no fixed home and all her family think she died in the car crash. Her only friends are her coolly professional handler, Prefect, and a snarky sentient Al spybot called Edgar. On a rare weekend to herself, she decides to rent a room in a smart apartment complex and makes grand plans to do nothing but relax . . . until six cyber criminals hack the building and imprison all the residents.
To save everyone, Augusta will have to rely on her wits and her own criminal skills to stay one step ahead of the killers. For the first time in her life, could it pay to not exist?
| ISBN: | 9780241772416 |
| Publication date: | 9th July 2026 |
| Author: | Emily Lloyd-Jones |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Primary Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
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Everyone thinks she's dead. Turns out she went undercover.
An edge-of-your-seat reverse heist thriller about a teen spy who must outsmart a team of criminals in order to free a building full of innocent hostages . . . and herself. Masterfully weaving together the undercover secrecy and thrills of The Naturals series, the killer twists and turns of Five Survive and the futuristic setting of Cyberpunk 2077.
'An incredibly fun, fast-paced blend of a spy thriller mixed with speculative elements. A fantastic, immersive read.' Ravena Guron, author of This Book Kills
In the near future, to combat identity theft, paper and plastic IDs have been replaced with permanent biometric tattoos. But governments still need people to work in the shadows. These people are called wraiths.
THEN
When she was fifteen, Augusta Pine (alias) hacked a car's autopilot and accidentally killed her first crush. She was given two options: 1) Spend twenty years in prison for manslaughter or 2) serve ten years in the Identity Security Division as a wraith - an undercover spy with no official existence. Augusta chose the second.
NOW
Eighteen-year-old Augusta has no fixed home and all her family think she died in the car crash. Her only friends are her coolly professional handler, Prefect, and a snarky sentient Al spybot called Edgar. On a rare weekend to herself, she decides to rent a room in a smart apartment complex and makes grand plans to do nothing but relax . . . until six cyber criminals hack the building and imprison all the residents.
To save everyone, Augusta will have to rely on her wits and her own criminal skills to stay one step ahead of the killers. For the first time in her life, could it pay to not exist?
Augusta Pine Does Not Exist features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Young Adult Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction
Augusta Pine Does Not Exist is available in Paperback
Augusta Pine Does Not Exist was written by Emily Lloyd-Jones and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Augusta Pine Does Not Exist has 320 pages
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