The
Plague Legacy: Acquisitions
Christine
Haggerty
Print
Length: 229 pages
Publisher:
Fox Hollow Publications
ASIN:
B00H15COZQ
Book
Description:
Half
a century after the world was decimated by a bio-engineered plague,
military scouts are acquisitioning a new supply of exports—slaves.
With
his family dead, sixteen-year-old Cameron Landry is a reluctant
survivor, haunted by nightmares and bound by promises. When he and
his worst enemy, Devon, are both selected for shipment to a
civilization called Salvation, Cam suddenly has nowhere to run. Devon
is a mutant, stronger and faster, and his hatred for Cam grows with
each passing day. As Cam makes friends, and finds a surprising ally
in Devon’s twin sister, Tara, he learns a secret that could change
everything.
But
Devon is on the hunt, and Cam is running out of places to hide.
Excerpt;
Cam
stood up and took a step back, the flame on the end of his stick
sputtering. “Devon.”
The
blond boy held a thick section of branch in one hand, the end of it
torn and jagged, much heavier than the wispy deadfall branch Cam held
in his. Devon smacked it against the palm of his hand before he
plunged the end of it in the small fire.
“When
I heard gunshots, thought maybe you had been caught trying to run
away,” he grinned, the flames highlighting his teeth and drawing
shadows along his mark and over his eyes. “Thought that maybe they
went and put a bullet between those pretty blue eyes, but I guess
they saved you for me.” He pulled his stick out of the fire and
watched the flame cling to the wood, hungry. “Seems you’ve been
making friends with my sister.”
Cam
watched Devon in silence.
Devon
didn’t care, didn’t wait for an answer. He put his stick back in
the fire and continued. “She can’t have friends, though, Pig Boy.
You see, she doesn’t deserve them. She deserves to suffer.”
You
deserve to suffer, but not Tara. And not Jake.
Cam kept his eye on the mutant boy, watching the tension ripple in
his throat, then started when a shot echoed from the ridge.
Devon
glanced behind him and laughed. “They might put your little friend
down now that he’s damaged goods, but don’t worry. They won’t
shoot you, Pig Boy. Oh no, little piggies go to the butcher.” He
stood as another shot rang out.
Cam
glanced up at the truck. Tara held the flashlight steady, but the cab
blocked Cam’s view of Jake and the Scout.
Devon
swung the branch across the top of the fire. Cam scooted back, the
jagged end grazing his belly button. It pulled him off balance. His
feet shuffled and he fell back, catching himself with his hand on the
gravel, the stick sputtering out as it rolled away on the gravel.
Devon jumped over the fire and pushed Cam flat on his back, pinning a
knee onto his chest.
The
burning end of the branch sparked across Cam’s eyes and he smelled
the stink of singed eyelashes. He pushed up on his legs, trying to
unbalance the mutant, but Devon leaned on him harder, pressing into
the gashes left by the dog.
“Do
you know what they do to us when we get to Salvation? What they do to
slaves, even Pig Boys?” He ground the flame out in the gravel next
to Cam’s head where the new set of silver tags strung out from his
throat, the smell of dirt coming from the hot rocks. Sweat beaded on
Cam’s forehead as blood pumped through his body. He searched the
gravel with his hand, looking for something big enough to smash
against Devon’s face.
The
blond boy lifted the stick out of the dirt, the end glowing orange.
“They brand us, like this.” He dug the end of it into Cam’s
bare chest, over his heart. Pain shot from the tip of the branch up
through the side of Cam’s neck.
He
arched his back and sucked in a scream, curling his fingers around a
fistful of gravel.
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About
the Author:
Christine
Nielson Haggerty grew up in rural Utah with three brothers, a sister,
several chickens, a goat, and an outhouse. She always loved the
escape of science fiction and fantasy and the art of writing, and her
passion is to craft stories of strength and survival.
Christine
taught high school language arts for several years, encouraging
perfection of the language in her young adult students. Now she
appreciates her background in classic literature and history as she
draws on the past to write about the present and the future.
Her
favorite genres to write are young adult dystopian fiction and young
adult urban fantasy.
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Grand Prize: (1) $50 Amazon gift card, The Plague Legacy soft cover, and The Plague Legacy ebook.
First Prize: (4) The Plague Legacy soft cover, The Plague Legacy ebook
Second Prize (8) The Plague Legacy ebook
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