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Category:
Young Adult/Teen
Publisher: Finlee Augare Books
Type: Fiction
Copyright: 2015
ISBN-13: 9781943080021
Price: $3.99 (eBook)
Outcast Regina Shen sneaks into the Federation to rescue her sister while being hunted for her DNA that could prevent human extinction.
Abrupt climate change melted ice caps and flooded coasts. Outcast Regina Shen has unique DNA that the World Federation’s notorious Department of Antiquities believes can prevent human extinction. Not trusting them, Regina jumps the barrier wall into the Federation to hunt for her sister, kidnapped by Antiquities two years earlier.
To get close to her sister, she has to sneak onto a closed-university campus with heavy security. Then she has to use her wits to escape and find her sister without letting either of two rival Antiquities inspectors capture her. With time running out, can she rescue her sister from an obvious trap?
Excerpt
Richmond Swamps, May 31 Year 298 ACM:
The thrum of an engine sounded at first like pesky mosquitoes, energized by our ceaseless heat. This rumble was too smooth and muted to be scavengers or bounty hunters. It grew louder. After one’s hearing tuned to the rhythm of the swamps, any stray noise got adrenaline flowing.
The sleek gray patrol boat motored up the channel along the north side of our island. Its flag insignia announced that this was not only a Department of Antiquities patrol. It was Chief Inspector Joanne Demarco, old Coarse-face herself. She’s back.
“You know the drill,” Mo-Mere called out. For two years this strict Hispanic had been our teacher and surrogate mom, opening her home island to those of us who’d lost our families.
The twins, Carmen and Kara, made a beeline to the main log cabin. Just fourteen, they were as thin as twigs yet fast.
I dropped an apple into the basket, took two from Wendy, and urged my companion toward the main cabin.
“Regina, go,” she said. “I’ll be right behind you. Don’t let them take you.”
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