Javi Not Harvy (Book)
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Javi Not Harvy is a book written by Tanisha Jalbert. It follows the story of a grey-hat hacker vigilante, Javi, and his quest to find his kidnapped family. A re-written censored edition was created by The Media Control Department following the J-noth incident.
Plot
In late December 1999, Javi's family was kidnapped by a mysterious internet-related man. After tracking down the kidnapper (who is revealed to be Harvy), Harvy Javi is given an ultimatum that he must meet to get his family back; he must complete the entire FitnessGram Pacer Test and answer math equations before the end of each lap.
This proves to be quite difficult, as Javi fails the challenge almost immediately, but pleads for another chance (which isn't how ultimatums work). Somehow he succeeds, and Harvy offers an ultimate-ultimatum. Javi must choose between saving his family and saving the world from the surprise plot twist involving a terrible computer virus called //the year 2000//, that would activate roughly 15 minutes later at exactly 00:00 on January 1, 2000.
Javi made a very difficult decision and they all lived happily ever after.
Censorship
Much to Tiny's disappointment, the book was censored by The Media Control Department (TMCD) following the J-noth incident in which every electronic device fried itself at the exact same time after a virus similar to the one in the book spread to the entire planet (of computers). Nobody knows if it was inspired by the book (except maybe the person who sent it out, but nobody knows who they are).
Tiny, the author of the book, made a comment about the censorship: "DATA REMOVED BY THE MEDIA CONTROL DEPARTMENT"
Reception
The book was received well by most people, although some reviews were poor due to sharing similar elements to Watch Dogs (2014) and Taken (2008), although it may just be a coincidence since the author never knew they existed.
Fans of Telltale's The Walking Dead series also appreciated that all of the character's names were directly ripped from The Walking Dead: A New Frontier.