Title: Affected
Series: The Affected Trilogy Bk#1
Author: Randi Lee
Cover by: Todd Engel, Engel Creative Graphic Design
Genre: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller & Dystopian
Publisher: Abuzz Press
Release Date: 1st April 2015
BLURB supplied by Sparkle Book Tours
Eight years ago, there was no World
Government. There were no agents, no carts. The fear of a nosebleed did not
exist. Then came The Affection—an incurable disease that ran rampant across the
planet, killing off roughly 60% of the human population. Two years later—with
order in shambles and governments all over the world in ruins—the World Government
formed. That’s when the real trouble began. The WG made it its mission to
segregate the sick (known as “Affected”) from the rest of the population in an
attempt to keep the disease from spreading. Agents were put into place to
corral the ill and the God-forsaken carts were introduced.
For the past six years, Ethan has lived
a quiet life. He has done his best to remain out of the public eye and, more
importantly, off of the agents’ radars. However, when his ex-girlfriend,
daughter of the famous scientist who first discovered the disease, is captured
by agents and taken to World Government headquarters to be experimented upon,
Ethan can no longer pretend the world around him doesn’t exist. On his way to
save her, Ethan is thrust into a place of turmoil, espionage and conspiracies.
Will he be able to handle the pressures of reality? Will he be able to save her
in time?
PURCHASE LINKS
EXCERPT
The agents lead the chef
out of the restaurant. Things do not go back to normal so easily, not the way
they did back at the ball game. Awash with the tragedy of the moment, people
mourn the loss of the chef in different ways. Some leave, some bow their heads
and others lose the battle to tears. The hostess gives a speech about the man
the chef is. A round of clapping follows.
“This doesn’t make sense,” Grant says. “The chef was
Affected. Doesn’t that mean he was serving Affected food? He could have made us
all sick.”
“What’s your point?” I ask.
“My point is that those agents could easily take us all
in for fear of contagion. What’s stopping them?”
Cameron’s card comes to mind—the one with the embossed
gold lettering and three contact numbers. I sift through my wallet and pull it
out.
“Me,” I say, staring at the card. “I’m stopping them.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Randi Lee is a writer and blogger who
lives in New England with her family and much-loved dogs. She studied
Communications, Media and Theater Arts and is an avid fan of live theater.
Randi often incorporates techniques she’s learned from her studies into her
writing. Believing that her areas of study have much in common with and can
benefit the writing world, she shares her knowledge on her blog—often providing
fellow writers with a different perspective on the craft via tips and advice.
A world traveler, Randi finds great
inspiration in the places she visits. Whether it be a different country or the
next town over, Randi uses all of her senses to take in each experience and
learn something new. She strongly believes that visiting new places and
interacting with different cultures strengthens the soul—and the creative
muscles.
Randi is always excited to meet new
people and exchange ideas.
She can be contacted via e-mail at: randi@randileewrites.com.
AUTHOR LINKS
Website: www.randileewrites.com
Blog:
emotionalnovel.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/randipod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lee_randi
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13993963.Randi_Lee
Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/randilee
GUEST POST
What inspires you to write the
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic genre?
I find that writing dystopian works is a
great way to express my feelings and views about many current world events
through the use of symbolism within my work. For instance, I once wrote a short
story about a futuristic society that sends all of its convicted criminals to a
prison stationed on the moon. The “moon prison” symbolized for me how isolated
and alienated convicted criminals are in today’s justice system and, through
further symbolism, the story related how I felt about their treatment while incarcerated.
The same is true within “Affected.” Many
of the story elements are in fact symbols of current world events and real-life
on goings. The disease itself—an incurable pandemic—is somewhat of a symbol for all of the “intangible
illnesses” our society is currently stricken with: mental illness, gun control,
the war on drugs, corruption in politics, etc. Currently, we have no cure for
these intangible illnesses. It won’t be until we put aside our fears and
personal proclivities to think of the greater good that we will find solutions
to what ails our nation.
OMG I would love to know how you got that to flash in and out
ReplyDeleteAha it's some blog techhy stuff that I cannot take the credit for. It is a gif provided for me to use by Sparkle Book Tours. My daughter is more techhy than me on her blog too lol
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