| The Undoing: Book 1 of the Undoing Trilogy Contributor(s): Shepston, Desserae K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1733407901 ISBN-13: 9781733407908 Publisher: Desserae K Shepston OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian - Young Adult Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Series: The Undoing |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fresh take on a dystopian storyline, The Undoing is a page-turner with unforgettable characters and an intriguing plot that will keep you hooked from beginning to end. The Undoing is young adult dystopian literature at its best: a thoroughly engrossing story that will reach from young adult into adult audiences...follow a group of young people who increasingly realize how their ordered world really works...and have growing questions about its costs...Readers will find the first book in The Undoing Trilogy a complex story of social order and disorder, presenting a devastating plan that is attacked by a girl who always believed her strengths lay in another direction. YA dystopian fiction readers are in for a treat with The Undoing."- D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review In her 14 years, all Rebecca has known is life under the rigid structure of Anecor. She knows the rules. She knows how to play the game. Now everything she knows is about to change... The Reckoning destroyed the United States of America. Survivors of the assault, led by the newly elected president, are now subject to his rules. The Vision controls nearly every aspect of life in the country now known as Anecor. Rebecca and Jonathan grew up under the strict rules and watchful "eye" of SMALS, an AI system that monitors citizens' every move through phones and internal trackers. Those who don't follow the rules are disappeared. Never to be seen again. When a strange virus strikes the city of Montrose, the residents panic as more of their friends, family, and acquaintances are stricken. No one knows how the virus spreads and scientists have found no cure. There have been no survivors. When the virus strikes Jonathan, Rebecca's world turns upside down. Jonathan reveals to Rebecca his suspicions about the virus and the discovery of a mysterious glow of purple light behind a nearby mountain. It is up to Rebecca to continue the work he started. It is up to her to unravel the mystery of the virus and the purple light. It is up to her to save her city. Rebecca will have to risk everything, including her life, to keep her promise to Jonathan. Her life is about to change. And so will the rules of the game. And to succeed, it will mean joining in a perilous battle for the survival of Anecor. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shepston, Desserae K.: - Desserae K Shepston was born in Montana, but spent her formative years in Champaign, Illinois. She blames her birth place on her affinity for mountain environments. She has lived in Chicago, Garmisch, Germany, Austin, and now, everywhere North America. Desserae received her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds two Masters and a PhD from Texas State University. She left the stationary life and career behind for a life on the road in a 1993 RV, traveling North America with her three cats, and living her passion for travel and an outdoor life. She wrote her first book, Travel Cats: tips for beginning an rv journey with your feline family after working through the kinks of RV living with cats herself. Her children's book, The Adventures of Gatsby the Travel Cat in Mesa Verde was also inspired by her travels and her most adventuresome cat, really named Gatsby, who seems to have been born for road life. Desserae has also written a Young Adult Sci-Fi Dystopian novel, The Undoing. This book did not come from her travels, but was born purely from her imagination and a love of YA and Dystopian literature. |