L.K.
Below
Genre:
Dystopian Romance
Publisher:
Kensington Publishing Corp.,
Lyrical
Press Imprint
Date
of Publication: November 17, 2014
ISBN:
9781616506254
ASIN:
B00NJ0VL6A
Number
of pages: 72
Word
Count: 33,718
Cover
Artist: Renee Rocco
Book
Description:
Two
lives. Two realities. But only one truth.
The
Senator reigns all-powerful in a manifested picture-perfect world. No
worries. No wars. Only the unspoken threat of oblivion if you step a
toe out of line. On the other side of the divide, the rebels face a
debilitating war against an invulnerable robotic army. Every day is a
struggle to earn back their freedoms. Freedom to feel. Freedom of
speech. Freedom of thought.
Sergeant
Grant Baker is pivotal to the war effort. But ever since his wife’s
abduction, he’s been walking around in as much of a daze as the
Senator’s brainwashed citizens. Then Eva reappears—without
memories of him or their son. And he’s willing to do anything to
keep her. Even if it means jeopardizing the war.
Eva
doesn’t know which side to believe. Her predictable life as a
single nurse, or the man claiming to be her husband. All she knows is
she needs to discover how to end the war, quickly. If she doesn’t
choose sides soon, she may lose the man—and the life—she never
knew she wanted.
Excerpt
Acting
as vanguard for the injured squad, Grant turned a corner and froze. A
hulky man carried a limp woman over his shoulder.
Grant
automatically reached for his gun. Even if they weren’t yet across
the divide, he couldn’t stand idle as a man accosted a woman. Or
worse. He aimed the rifle at the criminal. “Set her down nice and
easy.”
The
man froze. He glanced over one meaty shoulder, his unshaven mouth set
in a scowl.
“Set
her down, or I’ll shoot.”
A
gold tooth flashed as the criminal grinned. He hurled the small woman
at Grant and dashed for the slim space between two buildings.
Grant
moved without thinking. His gun clattered to the ground as he lunged
forward to catch the woman before she split her head open on the
sidewalk. He grunted as he caught her with her weight against his
bruised forearms. He shot a flickering glance her way. A riot of
brown curls obscured her face. He set her gently on the ground.
He
dashed for the opening the shady figure had disappeared into, but saw
no sight of the man. The delinquent was long gone.
Ashland
panted as he jogged to Grant’s side. “What happened?”
If
Grant never heard that question again, it would be too soon. He shook
his head wearily. “Mugging, I guess.”
“They
still have those here? I thought the Senator brought an end to
violence.” Ashland drew sarcastic quotes in the air as he spoke.
Grant
didn’t bother to answer. He turned to the woman and where his squad
was now gathered. A horrified private glanced from the woman to Grant
and back again. “What do you want us to do with her…sir?”
If
they left her, the Senator’s people might find her and stick her
back in the pen with the rest of their brainwashed sheep. Then again,
that same goon might double back to continue what he started.
He
crossed to the woman and crouched to lift her into his arms. Her
tangled hair fell away from her face. He nearly dropped her. “Eva?”
Frantically,
he pressed his ear to her chest. Her breathing was shallow, but her
heartbeat steady and strong. He clutched her tighter. He couldn’t
believe it.
He’d
found his wife.
About
the Author:
L.K.
Below wrote Hellish Haven to bring her love of Orwell’s classic
1984 into the modern day…or near future, as it turns out.
She
reads as obsessively as she writes and likes to Tweet about both at
@LBelowtheauthor.
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