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Swallow (book 1 of the Swallow series)

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Reads 286
Votes 70
Parts 28
Time 10h 27m

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You can serve your country or you can serve your government, but you can't do both.

In a future America wracked by climate change, disease, and civil unrest, Martene Fisher has risen from humble beginnings to realize her dream of becoming a military officer and pilot, positions usually reserved for members of the upper class. With an elevated social status and a lifestyle few in her world enjoy, she has everything she's ever wanted and more than most could hope for: a career, a home, people she loves, relative security. But Martene discovers the job is not what it seems and her perfect life begins to crumble when she learns the sinister truth behind the government program she works for-and North America's most profitable export.

SWALLOW is a dark and gritty work of speculative social fiction in the same vein as V for Vendetta and The Handmaid's Tale. Inspired by real-life histories of human experimentation, this timely novel explores some of today's most pressing social and environmental issues, including climate change, pollution, pandemic viruses, ethics in medicine, and criminal and economic justice.All Rights Reserved

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Cracks in the Spires

#1 in clifi (climate change fiction) July 2020. Ben and Per may not be planning a return to Esperance but problems among the Elite force events down unforeseen pathways. There are rats everywhere, even in the Spires and if you corner them they'll fight back. Essandra is not going to be the plaything of sick old men and she'll do anything to save her lover's life. Even murder her own Grandfather if she has to but she might just have a better solution provided she can get the right help. Asken Verde is cynical and shrewd, he has to be to keep his job as the City's Administrator but he has a secret passion; an efficient and thriving City. There's one problem - the Elite and their greed; there's a second which is that his colleagues all want his position. When circumstances bring 'Uncle' Varlon Esta into his life he finds himself planning a revolution. Ben and Per are dragged back into the affairs of Esperance because 'Uncle' Var does not take 'No' for an answer.