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Entropy
Heroes arise from the most unlikely places.
Chelsea Hues' family was splintered after the Strella Project – a military program used to create and train "perfect" soldiers through genetic manipulation – claimed her older brother and sister. She has little choice in who she can become. Resigned to being a farmer in the Sigma quadrant, she lives her precariously ordered life.
That is, until the Hunters for the Strella Project return and abduct her and her best friend, Jordan, in the name of their program.
Now thrust into a world with new rules, new friends and new dangers, Chelsea finds that her time is running out. Her genes are unravelling and there may be nothing that anybody can do. She and her friends must subvert the system they've been forced to join as they search for a cure. The question remains, though – will they be in time?
Chelsea Hues' family was splintered after the Strella Project – a military program used to create and train "perfect" soldiers through genetic manipulation – claimed her older brother and sister. She has little choice in who she can become. Resigned to being a farmer in the Sigma quadrant, she lives her precariously ordered life.
That is, until the Hunters for the Strella Project return and abduct her and her best friend, Jordan, in the name of their program.
Now thrust into a world with new rules, new friends and new dangers, Chelsea finds that her time is running out. Her genes are unravelling and there may be nothing that anybody can do. She and her friends must subvert the system they've been forced to join as they search for a cure. The question remains, though – will they be in time?
180 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 6, 2014
9 people want to read
About the author
Taylor Conrad
1 book3 followersI'm a native Texan (specifically Central Texas) with a passion for science and the creative arts. So, naturally, science fiction seemed the way to go.
I've been reading since I was about 3, and I demanded my parents read to me even before that. Books have always been a huge part of my life and I still love going to the library and checking out huge piles of books, then becoming a hermit for a weekend as I read them.
I've been writing creatively since about third grade when my school began doing regular fiction writing workshops with us every year. What started out as little stories (and a little girl!) turned to becoming bigger stories and a bigger girl. I wrote my first entire novel at 12 with Nation Novel Writing Month's Young Writers Program (YWP NaNoWriMo) and, although I didn't "win," I gained a love for sharing my thoughts and voice with other people.
Entropy was written with YWP NaNoWriMo in November of 2011. In a blaze of writer's fury, I wrote the first 30,000 words, with my younger sibling reading it over my shoulder the whole way and poking me when I wasn't writing fast enough! After giving it to my best friend to read, she suggested I expand the ending further, so I added the next 10,000 words. Over the course of the next year or so before the real editing process began, I added another 10,000 words in miscellaneous scenes and details (like completely overhauling a fight scene between two of the main characters), which brought the grand total up to 50,000 words and the book that you see today.
I've been reading since I was about 3, and I demanded my parents read to me even before that. Books have always been a huge part of my life and I still love going to the library and checking out huge piles of books, then becoming a hermit for a weekend as I read them.
I've been writing creatively since about third grade when my school began doing regular fiction writing workshops with us every year. What started out as little stories (and a little girl!) turned to becoming bigger stories and a bigger girl. I wrote my first entire novel at 12 with Nation Novel Writing Month's Young Writers Program (YWP NaNoWriMo) and, although I didn't "win," I gained a love for sharing my thoughts and voice with other people.
Entropy was written with YWP NaNoWriMo in November of 2011. In a blaze of writer's fury, I wrote the first 30,000 words, with my younger sibling reading it over my shoulder the whole way and poking me when I wasn't writing fast enough! After giving it to my best friend to read, she suggested I expand the ending further, so I added the next 10,000 words. Over the course of the next year or so before the real editing process began, I added another 10,000 words in miscellaneous scenes and details (like completely overhauling a fight scene between two of the main characters), which brought the grand total up to 50,000 words and the book that you see today.
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October 29, 2014
The story moves quickly and at its heart it is a tale of friendship and acceptance of others from diverse backgrounds and belief systems. The author adds religious overtones to the book by having some characters petition God for help during their struggles while others question why God would allow bad things to happen to them.
Entropy leaves many questions, in particular those around the society the characters live in, unanswered and builds toward a sequel, which I hope the author writes, because I am interested to see where the characters go next.
If you are looking for a YA Dystopian novel light on exposition, but heavy on in-the-moment drama and action, this is a book for you.
Entropy leaves many questions, in particular those around the society the characters live in, unanswered and builds toward a sequel, which I hope the author writes, because I am interested to see where the characters go next.
If you are looking for a YA Dystopian novel light on exposition, but heavy on in-the-moment drama and action, this is a book for you.
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