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The Online Child
Paperback
Publisher: Just Catherine
Published: Dec 7 2025
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In the divided world of Nebru, life is traded, sold, and quantified through lives, coins, and digital influence. Etunim and Diam two rebels who fled their families for love believe they can build a better life in Nebru, a nation powered by streaming, attention, and constant surveillance. But when coins run out, desperation pushes them into the arms of Kobecaf, a massive social network where privacy is currency and secrets feed the hidden algorithm known as Resworb.
When Diam becomes pregnant, she turns their unborn child into a lifeline documenting every moment to earn coins. But during a cosmic event known as the Day of Seven Suns, Kobecaf automatically broadcasts the birth to the entire world, making Thiled public property the moment he enters the world.
As Thiled grows, followers shape his childhood. Sponsorships dictate his meals, emotions, and routines. His parents fracture under fame's weight. And Resworb watcher, recorder, silent architect learns more from the child than from anyone before him.
When Thiled begins questioning the world that claims ownership of his identity, he challenges the system from within. His rebellion becomes a spark that threatens to collapse the digital empire, reshape Nebru's laws, and redefine what it means to be human in an age where childhood itself is content.
THE ON-LINE CHILD is a gripping, emotional, and eerily familiar exploration of modern digital culture its temptations, its dangers, and the fragile innocence lost when a child grows up in front of millions.
A story for anyone who has ever wondered:
Who are we when the world is always watching?
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