Augusta Pine Does Not Exist

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 and a slightly sociopathic Al spybot. 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 terrorists 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 be a wraith?

About the author

Emily Lloyd-Jones is a former bookseller turned author of middle-grade and YA novels. She lives in Northern California, where she enjoys wandering in redwood forests, playing with her cats and indulging in video games.

Product details

• Authors: Emily Lloyd-Jones, Lloyd-Jones Emily
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 14.05.2026
• EAN: 9780241772416
• ISBN: 978-0-241-77241-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Thrillers (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Technology, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories