Kindle Edition Amazon Category:  Young Adult/Teen Publisher: Createspace ISBN-10:  1484131878 Type: Fiction Pages: 128 Copyright: March 14, 2013 ISBN-13: 9781484131879 In a future world where vegetables are outlawed and serving salad is punishable by death, eating meat has gone out of control. Animals have to fight back for their right to share the earth with dignity, but how? What would it take to force you to stop eating meat?  How do you like your steak? Rare? Medium well? Related? In the year 2031, meat is what's for dinner and just about every other meal. After the Agricultural Meltdown of 2018 destroyed 90% of earth's farmed produce and rendered most of what remained toxic, vegetables were outlawed. Attempting to grow carrots is now illegal. Eating salad is a misdemeanor. Serving it will get you jail time. Or worse. While most of the human population adapted to a meat diet, it was hard on vegetarians. And for the animals, it was murder. Methodical mass murder. Factory farming escalated to inconceivable levels of cruelty, making the earlier holocaustic mistreatment of animals look like a walk in the park. Extreme inhumanity is rewarded. Animal Rights groups no longer exist. And livestock isn't the only game in town. If the family dog strays too far from home, it's up for grabs. No one steps forward to represent the animals or increase awareness of the torture and carnage. Not if they want to live.  Not until now. After realizing centuries of heart attacks and even deadly bacteria can’t thwart man from his lust for flesh, the animal kingdom will force man's hand with one last unimaginable strategy—the one thing certain to stop all people from eating animals.  What would it take for you to give up meat? Excerpt Staring down at her with blind frozen eyes were her relatives. The heads of her aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, and offspring—even her darling mate—were mounted high on the mahogany walls. They were all so handsome and lifelike that for a brief instant, Demi felt she had stumbled into an unlikely family reunion and in that brief instant, her heart nearly leapt for joy. And then it occurred to her she had—a gruesome get-together of decapitated relations. She couldn’t move. Standing as petrified as the menagerie that canopied her, Demi’s legs felt heavy and immobile. A tingling lightness swelled in her head. She tried to keep calm and while she never cried, her eyes rimmed red. She started to feel faint. Demi took a deep breath to nourish her consciousness and in doing so, inhaled a nauseating mirepoix of cigars, oak and just a touch of formaldehyde. Her single stomach squeezed tightly and she found it nearly impossible to take in air. The more the ghosts closed in on her, the more the room began to spin. Her vision went black around the edges and hindered her sight until there was nothing.

Another fabulous story from Elizabeth Allen
Elizabeth Allen does it again. She is a master of her craft, spinning a tale that sucks you in from the first paragraph. Ima Pigg is a chilling, yet thought-provoking Dystopian tale about society's carnivorous habits and the what if possibilities were vegetables to be outlawed. Ima Pigg follows the story of a persistent pig and randy goat that go to extremes to get society to change their ways. It's a story that sticks with you long after you finish the book.

You Are What You Eat!
This is a fun story but chilling, like of one of the scarier Twilight Zones. It deals with topics of food safety, but without being preachy or getting in your face about it. Vegetarians and carnivores alike will be charmed by this well written tale.

Fast Horrific FUN!
This book may be a fast read but it was REALLY intense! The writing is excellent and the pace is perfect. I thought the story was really unique and twisted - in a good way. At first I thought it was about "going vegan" (which I'm not) but quickly realized it is kind of a political satire much like "Animal Farm". The characters are really fleshed out (or should I say 'furred out' - but I don't want to spoil it). It was suggested to me as a science fiction/dystopian novel but I feel like it had more mystery and horror elements which reminded me of Steig Larsson's writing (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.)

Ultimately, it's really thought-provoking with respect to our government, the food industry and how people are manipulated by both. I kept thinking of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" as I read only to see the author tie that in at the end. Very cool.

By the way, bacon lovers fear not! This novel was not designed to force you to give up anything or change your ways! But I must admit, it's got me thinking. Then again, I didn't touch pork for a year after watching "Babe".

Check out Ima Pigg! It's an awesome fast ride and I loved it!!!