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EBOOK ISBN: 978-1-587496-12-7
GENRE: Sci fi romance
AUTHOR: Christine Young
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DESCRIPTION: Rebel Heart is set five hundred years in the future. The hero and heroine come from very different backgrounds. One is an Outsider and the other a City Dweller, but they are both dedicated scientists. Cameron Savage is a physician. Victoria DeMontville is a research scientist. |
| They are both working to create a vaccine that will work against a deadly virus. Victoria has uncovered another way to help the victims of the virus--genetic surgery. During many of her forays into the musty archives of the city library, she discovers a technique that would give the City Dwellers a gene that would enhance an almost non-existent immune system. The technique is called allele transplant surgery. Will the mysterious, erotically masked Phantom bring these two together so they can get on with saving their civilization? Will she ever see his face? Will he ever find her heart? | |
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REVIEWS: "Filled with drama and suspense, this book will draw you into the mysteries of science fiction. I was pleasantly surprised by Ms. Young’s storytelling talents as she wove not only a wonderful futuristic adventure, but also that of a passionate love story. I loved the main characters as they came to life on the pages. The plot was quite suspenseful and deliciously entertaining. As a result, I had no choice but to keep flipping the pages as I raced to the end. Bravo Ms.Young for such an extraordinary book from cover to cover!" Reviewed by Jasmina Vallombrosa of TCM Reviews "REBEL HEART is a well-written futuristic novel of a time that very possibly could come to pass, when viral plagues have laid the planet waste, and life is lived either in the sterile confines of domed habitats, or as pariahs in the outside wilderness. The world-building is excellent, vivid, and true-to-life. The characters will quickly catch and hold the reader's sympathies. The plot is quick, and takes time to examine many valid social, economic, class, and political issues as well. Christine Young delivers a winner which will capture the interest of futuristic/science fiction fans as well as the general reader." Reviewed by Annie of Euro-Reviews |
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Excerpt:
The old lady closed her eyes and the breezes wafting through the trees overhead grew very still. She chanted softly. Despite himself, Cameron listened, astonished at what the woman could do with her voice, and completely enchanted by the rhythm of it. "The flower is a lady, small, fragile, delicate, coaxed to grow by tender hands. Petals as white as virgin snow will bring health and life to the one who cultivates its beauty. Maturity will bring sweet laughter and the cadence of life to this woman as well as the planet. Together, minds set as one..." Aisling stopped. Her eyes were opened now and were as wild as the wind-swept mountains. She was staring at Cameron. "What on earth? Fine, Aisling, come on spit it out," Cameron demanded. But her words had shaken him. They reminded him of a time and a place he'd tried hard to forget. Reminded him of a girl, no, a woman now, but someone he'd learned long ago to avoid. "I see pain," Aisling murmured. "So do I," Cameron muttered. "Get on with it. Finish your story." Aisling moaned. "I see agony, a horrible suffering anguish. Only the slightest fraction of hope is there. An opponent, offering help. It is not what she wants to do. She is innocent, but...but betraying you." "Hell!" Cameron ground out irritably. "You're talking nonsense. One minute you speak of a fragile white flower and the next it sounds like a lover's betrayal. Pain and hope. That's all there is any more. Aisling, it has been a long day..." But deep inside he knew her words could easily be true. After all, if he wasn't mistaken, she was speaking of Victoria DeMontville. "She is the one that holds the flower, fragile, like a delicate porcelain doll, strong as her ancestors before her. He has located her, after all these years of banishment, for there is discord surrounding her; she creates it even as she breathes and her heart beats against her breast. She works passionately for the good of others. They'll come for her, again and again, seeking more than her knowledge, more than her beauty, seeking fortune and name, and all material things." "A rebel without purpose," Cameron muttered, tiring of her mad ravings, yet knowing full well whom she spoke of. "But a rebel that could be nurtured into a blossoming flower with the proper care," Aisling prompted. "Water and fertilizer?" "You purposely jest." "Aisling, I know that I must see Drake, and I do not intend to keep him waiting longer." |
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Author BIO: Born in Medford, Oregon, novelist Christine Young has lived in Oregon all of her life. After graduating from Oregon State University with a BS in science, she spent another year at Southern Oregon State University working on her teaching certificate, and a few years later received her Master's degree in secondary education and counseling. Now the long, hot days of summer provide the perfect setting for creating romance. She sold her first book, Dakota's Bride, the summer of 1998 and her second book, My Angel to Kensington. Each fall, Christine returns to the classroom - and the pool - as a math teacher and high school swimming coach. Her teaching and writing careers have intertwined with raising three children. Yet summer still seems to be lucky for romance,. Awe-struck e-books will release another of Christine's historical romances in August 2006, HIGHLAND HONOR and HIGHLAND MAGIC in December 2006. Christine and her husband of 28 years live in Salem, Oregon, where she is currently working on another novel. |
