a novel for NANOWRIMO 2019! Family Thirteen holds a legacy of misfortune, disease, and crime. Everyone knows their family name, Tretten. They fear it, they spit on it. Family Thirteen is ridiculed, despised, and ostracized. When her parents are killed in a car crash, Evangeline Tretten finds herself the last surviving member of Family Thirteen. But no one knows she exists. When a terrorist strike tears apart the city, people are quick to blame Family Thirteen. Thus, the chase is on to catch the elusive surviving member. Evangeline faces a choice: spend life hiding from her family number or embrace it's all too unfortunate legacy. - excerpt: "Breaking news. Fatal car crash kills Family Thirteen member..." It was inescapable. Every news channel had the story playing on repeat and throughout the school, all the teachers were broadcasting it live. Everyone was talking about it, but instead of mourning and remembering the lives of the victims, they dawned enthusiastic grins and laughed cheerfully. They rejoiced at the news. It was as if they were glad my parents were dead.
12 parts