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Executables
After ten years of brutal labor on a prison meat-packing line, Tori Jennings now confronts an even more unbearable prospect: freedom.
But just because she’s free doesn’t mean she has a future. As an Executable, she has no money, no rights, no citizenship. No laws protect her. And the second she steps off penitentiary grounds into the Pennsylvania countryside, Tori becomes prey. A corrupt court judged her a murderer, and now hit-men, legally hired by the victim’s family, intend to take revenge.
Tori’s only chance is to run—and keep running, struggling to hold onto both courage and compassion as she stumbles through the underbelly of a decayed society. Her mother is dead, her father’s fate unknown. No family or friends can help her. Her sole allies? A troubled ex-cop who’s determined to see her survive and a female killer suffering doubts about her own lethal career.
The execution company will hunt Tori without mercy unless the victim’s family calls off the hit. Tori needs convincing proof of her innocence, but even she doesn’t know the truth behind the death she supposedly engineered. She only know that, without it, she can never run far enough to escape.
But just because she’s free doesn’t mean she has a future. As an Executable, she has no money, no rights, no citizenship. No laws protect her. And the second she steps off penitentiary grounds into the Pennsylvania countryside, Tori becomes prey. A corrupt court judged her a murderer, and now hit-men, legally hired by the victim’s family, intend to take revenge.
Tori’s only chance is to run—and keep running, struggling to hold onto both courage and compassion as she stumbles through the underbelly of a decayed society. Her mother is dead, her father’s fate unknown. No family or friends can help her. Her sole allies? A troubled ex-cop who’s determined to see her survive and a female killer suffering doubts about her own lethal career.
The execution company will hunt Tori without mercy unless the victim’s family calls off the hit. Tori needs convincing proof of her innocence, but even she doesn’t know the truth behind the death she supposedly engineered. She only know that, without it, she can never run far enough to escape.
403 pages, ebook
First published April 8, 2014
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About the author
Lisa Cindrich
5 books14 followersOnce upon a time I was an elementary-school-aged writer: letters in gilt ink from one member of a large network of 'dog royalty' to another; a poem about a girl named Mary Chate who 'sold her soul' so she could get 'her very main goal' (ending rather badly for her in H-E-Double-Toothpicks); another poem "America the Beautiful" for a school contest. Hey, second place, not so shabby!
Once upon a time I was a high-school/college-aged writer: a poem about the Phoenixville Area High School field hockey team read aloud at the sports banquet; a war story rivaled only by Danielle Steel's Message from Nam for most unlikely piece of 'in-country' fiction; a collection of poems deemed by Professor Anthony Hecht to "out-Poe Poe". (Macabre tendencies coming through loud and clear, although, um, it IS possible his comment was not, perhaps, a compliment. That's okay . . . a great poet and a fine professor!)
Once upon a time I was a (more or less, kind of, are we ever really?) grown-up writer: several preliminary, failed, never-to-be-seen-again novels; a "not for the faint of heart" (thanks, School Library Journal!) novel about a child trapped in a brutal leper colony; a novel about legalized hitmen; humorous short stories about, you know, killers; and novels in various stages about 1.) a vengeful water witch freed from long imprisonment, 2.) a damaged man fighting an infestation of demons, and 3.) an immortal digital mind deflected into a distressingly mortal and debilitated body.
I live in Kansas (yeah...it seems mild enough but check out the Bloody Benders, In Cold Blood, and Gillian Flynn's Dark Places) in a KC suburb that is a mere hour's drive from the "Most Haunted City in Kansas"(!) with my completely corporeal family and an equally non-ghostly Brittany Spaniel mix.
Once upon a time I was a high-school/college-aged writer: a poem about the Phoenixville Area High School field hockey team read aloud at the sports banquet; a war story rivaled only by Danielle Steel's Message from Nam for most unlikely piece of 'in-country' fiction; a collection of poems deemed by Professor Anthony Hecht to "out-Poe Poe". (Macabre tendencies coming through loud and clear, although, um, it IS possible his comment was not, perhaps, a compliment. That's okay . . . a great poet and a fine professor!)
Once upon a time I was a (more or less, kind of, are we ever really?) grown-up writer: several preliminary, failed, never-to-be-seen-again novels; a "not for the faint of heart" (thanks, School Library Journal!) novel about a child trapped in a brutal leper colony; a novel about legalized hitmen; humorous short stories about, you know, killers; and novels in various stages about 1.) a vengeful water witch freed from long imprisonment, 2.) a damaged man fighting an infestation of demons, and 3.) an immortal digital mind deflected into a distressingly mortal and debilitated body.
I live in Kansas (yeah...it seems mild enough but check out the Bloody Benders, In Cold Blood, and Gillian Flynn's Dark Places) in a KC suburb that is a mere hour's drive from the "Most Haunted City in Kansas"(!) with my completely corporeal family and an equally non-ghostly Brittany Spaniel mix.
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January 3, 2015
This is a very good, exciting, vividly written book, sort of a cross between "The Running Man" and "The Hunger Games." An added plus? It was written by two of my co-workers. It definitely deserves attention from readers outside the local scene.
October 11, 2017
I had the honor of meeting the two authors at a local library. Not only were they incredibly friendly, but they know how to write a book! This one got me hooked from the very beginning. I've recommended it to several people and always will.
May 26, 2023
Thrilling Ride
The authors keep you on the edge of your seat as you run scared with Tori and Seth as they try to find freedom. Tori felt so real, and the world they created felt all too real. If you enjoy high-stakes thrillers and distopian, this book is a winner.
The authors keep you on the edge of your seat as you run scared with Tori and Seth as they try to find freedom. Tori felt so real, and the world they created felt all too real. If you enjoy high-stakes thrillers and distopian, this book is a winner.
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