Red Wing

by Reagan Werner

Treble Anner has a seemingly perfect life. She’s the daughter of a president, who governs a country known as a Pational. The world is divided by hair color: four Pationals, four hair colors. There are the black-haired Ravens, brown-haired Doves, blonde Swans, and red-haired Cardinals. Those with streaked hair become slaves known as Gaps, or holes to a perfect society. On the annual holiday of Doves, Treble's Pational, she is proposed to, and everything about her life seems perfect, though she can't hide her deepest worries of conflict. Sure enough, a war is announced, and Treble is kidnapped from her home and taken to Cardinals, where the leaders, Loretta, Silky Voice, and Jerry, hound her for information. When things couldn't seem to get much worse, the truth is revealed, and Treble’s life and everything about it is twisted into a maze of lies and tragedy.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 19, 2014

About the author

Reagan is a teenage prolific writer, authoring the first science-fiction trilogy book, Red Wing, and moving on to the next novel in the series. She also writes competitively for national competitions, and loves reading.
"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become" -C.S. Lewis

Reviews

[Val · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a really interesting way to look at the world. Not only is the story intriguing (despite the fact that it does follow a typical dystopian formula), its themes are so similar to those existing in our world that we have to stop and think about discrimination, segregation, stereotypes, and especially identity. The writing is brilliant, and while the storyline isn't especially unique, it's still entertaining enough to keep your attention.