Thanks to Ocicat.
Two votes for Devour, easily the story that hit me hardest in 2012: excellent mix of raw emotion, protest politics, technoterror, and redemption, even for Patient Zero, perhaps the greatest victim in the mess.
Wish I had seen the topic sooner, or had time to see the topic sooner, as I would have had the honor of nominating Asteroid Monte and The Trojan Girl!
Total newbie, so please slap me if you don't vote on polls by posting...I clicked on everything I could see with no luck. Thanks.