Stick and Bones - By Phil Geusz -- Can a slave be freed entirely by the efforts of others? Or must he free himself, lest the chains remain locked around his heart? Simeon Bolivar carries the taint of slavery in every cell of his body-he's been genetically engineered to serve as unpaid labor and hope for nothing more. He's also the teen-aged son of two of the leaders of the Uprising that in theory set him free. But his parents were murdered on the brink of true victory and his people continue to live half-free in a broken society plagued by slums, drugs and murderous gangs. Does Simeon have what it takes to finish his parent's work and bring about true freedom? Or will his people fester in their hell-hole forevermore?