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Destiny
I know you’ve heard this before, but knowledge is real power. One of these days, we won’t have our weapons to protect us… just our wits. Intel is one of the most important weapons in any arsenal. Quite possibly the most important. So here’s the intel. Just as important as it was when Owen gave it to me and when my mother and his old man gave it to him.
There are a couple of things you’ve got to realize to survive in this world.
To begin with, the world wasn’t always shit. I never saw it, but I know it’s true. It was lush and green and alive and the yellow sun was a welcome body in the sky. It was like that when my mother was a child. I didn’t see it, but I know it’s true… my Uncle Oz told Owen about it and he told me.
The other thing you need to know is simple.
We’re a world at war.
We – the people – have been used, abused and neglected by the governments… cheated out of life itself in their pursuit of luxury. The governments have forgotten that they’re supposed to serve the people… not the other way around.
But I reminded them.
***
Taya Labidaar was the only child of the one man that had been able to pull the Nordenn Region’s scattered dissidents together into an army and an elite-force tactical officer. She had her father’s charisma, her mother’s tactical brilliance, and all the knowledge her cousin Owen could possibly share.
Her life, though, is anything but simple. And it just keeps getting more and more complicated.
Following in her cousin’s footsteps, Taya is compelled to share what she knows and tell her own story. There’s too much to know not to share it…
There are a couple of things you’ve got to realize to survive in this world.
To begin with, the world wasn’t always shit. I never saw it, but I know it’s true. It was lush and green and alive and the yellow sun was a welcome body in the sky. It was like that when my mother was a child. I didn’t see it, but I know it’s true… my Uncle Oz told Owen about it and he told me.
The other thing you need to know is simple.
We’re a world at war.
We – the people – have been used, abused and neglected by the governments… cheated out of life itself in their pursuit of luxury. The governments have forgotten that they’re supposed to serve the people… not the other way around.
But I reminded them.
***
Taya Labidaar was the only child of the one man that had been able to pull the Nordenn Region’s scattered dissidents together into an army and an elite-force tactical officer. She had her father’s charisma, her mother’s tactical brilliance, and all the knowledge her cousin Owen could possibly share.
Her life, though, is anything but simple. And it just keeps getting more and more complicated.
Following in her cousin’s footsteps, Taya is compelled to share what she knows and tell her own story. There’s too much to know not to share it…
197 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 4, 2011
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About the author
Carrie Baize
19 books11 followersCarrie Baize was born in Santa Rosa, and has lived most of her life in California's Central San Joaquin Valley. She graduated from C.L. McLane High School and continued her education at Fresno City College. She is an avid role player and has spent a great deal of time in a number of fantasy worlds... some well-known, and some of her own design.
She credits her parents with her love of the arts and her father, particularly, for her love of role playing and fantasy world creation.
Carrie is blessed with a family who, although scattered across the United States, are incredibly supportive and truly believe in her ability to make her dreams come true. She lives in the foothills above Fresno with her husband, youngest daughter, rescue chihuahua and shepherd-mix granddog.
She credits her parents with her love of the arts and her father, particularly, for her love of role playing and fantasy world creation.
Carrie is blessed with a family who, although scattered across the United States, are incredibly supportive and truly believe in her ability to make her dreams come true. She lives in the foothills above Fresno with her husband, youngest daughter, rescue chihuahua and shepherd-mix granddog.
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September 18, 2023
Not as good as her first foray into the genre, it suffers the sequel syndrome.
The change in perspective between the first half of the book and the second was a welcome surprise, and is rarely seen in novels. I bumped it a star for that unique bit.
The dialogue wasn't as strong in the second as it was in the first. There was more politics, and backroom dealing going on in this one, than the first. So, the perspective wasn't the only change. There was a slight "Battlefield Earth" vibe to that switch. Perhaps a little on the nose.
The change in perspective between the first half of the book and the second was a welcome surprise, and is rarely seen in novels. I bumped it a star for that unique bit.
The dialogue wasn't as strong in the second as it was in the first. There was more politics, and backroom dealing going on in this one, than the first. So, the perspective wasn't the only change. There was a slight "Battlefield Earth" vibe to that switch. Perhaps a little on the nose.
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