DEAD LINE — Action Screenplay
Alex Ruiz never wanted to be a whistleblower. He was auditing server logs at a state election office when the numbers stopped matching the certified totals, and by the time he understood what he was seeing, his employer was already a target. Now he is running through the underground with an encrypted drive, a dying phone, and a real time countdown that the entire federal government is racing to beat. Every percentage point on his battery is a chance the story makes it out alive. Every minute is a chance it does not.
A systems admin stole proof of a stolen election and ran for the subway. Federal agents are already tracking his phone. His battery is at thirty eight percent. The truth has one hundred minutes to reach daylight.
- Genre: Action
- 102 pages
- Language: EN
- Format: feature screenplay, instant PDF download
- Available editions: Reader, Producer, and Collector licenses
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DEAD LINE
A systems admin stole proof of a stolen election and ran for the subway. Federal agents are already tracking his phone. His battery is at thirty eight percent. The truth has one hundred minutes to reach daylight.
Alex Ruiz never wanted to be a whistleblower. He was auditing server logs at a state election office when the numbers stopped matching the certified totals, and by the time he understood what he was seeing, his employer was already a target. Now he is running through the underground with an encrypted drive, a dying phone, and a real time countdown that the entire federal government is racing to beat. Every percentage point on his battery is a chance the story makes it out alive. Every minute is a chance it does not.
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