Newport City Series by Alison Croggon, Daniel Keene

Dez is a flesher. She scrapes a living with her brother Bo and her mother Bel in the banns outside Newport City, the only habitable place left on a planet devastated by environmental catastrophe.All fleshers are different, but Dez is more different than most. She's a living quantum computer, able to hack into any network. For years her family has kept Dez's abilities secret, but when she accidentally kills a cop during a routine raid everything begins to unravel... moreDez is a flesher. She scrapes a living with her brother Bo and her mother Bel in the banns outside Newport City, the only habitable place left on a planet devastated by environmental catastrophe.All fleshers are different, but Dez is more different than most. She's a living quantum computer, able to hack into any network. For years her family has kept Dez's abilities secret, but when she accidentally kills a cop during a routine raid everything begins to unravel. Now she's broken into Newport City OpSec and discovered there's going to be a cull. Millions of people - most of the fleshers - will be exterminated.The only people who can help are a shadowy group called the Alchems and a bent cop called Brian Mac. But Dez hates Morro, the glamorous Alchem who has designs on her girlfriend, and Brian Mac is a screw up. And what chance do any of them have against the full force of OpSec?But nothing is what it seems, as Dez and her friends are plunged into the most desperate struggle of their lives... less

The revolution has begun. But where does it end?The banns are in lockdown, making it all but impossible for Dez, Bo and their friends to resist the authoritarianism of Newport City. Bo believes that the mysterious power of the water is the key to winning their struggle, but Dez is deeply troubled about his increasing obsession.Meanwhile up-and-coming soap star Erin Saba is in trouble. In Newport City, there’s nowhere to hide. Especially if you’re Erin Saba...