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The Night Prophet, sequel to Children of the Revolution
Angel Bird's journey continues in this gripping dystopian tale about seeking revenge, finding redemption, and answering the call to serve a higher cause than one's own.
A girl. A vox. An uprising.
Two years after her journey of vengeance began in Children of the Revolution, Angel Bird and her daughter, Lark, survive quietly in the blur near the rocky shores of Lake Superior. The Galt Corporation's iron grip on the Protectorate and the Great Lakes has not diminished. And time has not dulled the sharp edges of Angel's loss and rage, nor brought answers about her past to light. Angel desperately longs to find her birth mother, who left her with only a name and a warning scrawled in blood--Angel, there is a fate worse than death. But that longing remains an impossible dream until the day a mysterious stranger confronts her with a startling request: he needs her vox to stir the restless masses who toil in service to their ruthless overseers, whose very lives are dictated by the needs of the corporation. A vox to fan the flames of rebellion that have begun to smolder in the surveillance state of the Protectorate.
Words are the deadliest weapons.
In the tradition of Fahrenheit 451, The Night Prophet is dystopian fiction with a burning heart, speculative fiction that immerses you in the inner lives of its characters, and a futuristic adventure that paints its bleak world through vibrant, lyrical prose. Fans of The Hunger Games and The Handmaid's Tale and other stories with a strong, female protagonist may want to give the Children of the Revolution series from this award-winning author a look.
Praise for The Night Prophet
"Immersive dystopian thrills tempered by a touching fight for freedom. ... Zienty's thrilling sequel to Children of the Revolution ... prose oscillates between the lyrical and the raw, mirroring Angel's dual life as mother and revolutionary. ...expertly threads themes of courage, sacrifice, and hope... sets the stage for a gripping future clash... " --Publishers Weekly Booklife Reviews
“Zienty has a knack for fashioning original futurespeak... The book’s highly immersive quality, and its deep interest in the inner lives of its characters, sets it apart from more plot-driven and derivative dystopian fare. ... An inventive and emotionally resonant work of politically minded speculative fiction.” —Kirkus Reviews
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The tale begins...
A girl.
A gun.
Monsters.
When her farming community is consumed in the ruthless jaws of a corporate monster, 16-year-old Merit finds herself face to face with a different kind of beast, one possessing a human form but a mind bent on one thing and one thing alone: her destruction. Then a chance encounter with a legend turns her mad dash for survival into an odyssey of revenge as she sets out to hunt down the men who destroyed all that she loves. But in pursuing the monsters, will she become one herself? Is it possible to embark on a journey of destruction without digging your own grave?
In her beginning lies their end.
Praise for Children of the Revolution
"Urgent, humane story of resistance to corporate rule in a dystopian New Midwest.... The prose is crisply incisive, literary without fussiness, and both the cast and this fallen America's history are vividly drawn. ... Lovers of rebellion narratives will thrill to this." —Publishers Weekly Booklife Editor's Pick
"Sharp characterization and vibrant prose enliven this futuristic tale." --Kirkus Reviews
“Zienty's plot proceeds at a furious and exciting pace as Merit flees—and is pursued—through the bleak, dangerous New American Midwest. In a world governed by phobias and laws, her quest to find her purpose is successfully fleshed out in a meticulously imagined world. … a fresh-feeling dystopian wonderland. … riveting and haunting.” — The BookLife Prize for Fiction
A gun.
Monsters.
When her farming community is consumed in the ruthless jaws of a corporate monster, 16-year-old Merit finds herself face to face with a different kind of beast, one possessing a human form but a mind bent on one thing and one thing alone: her destruction. Then a chance encounter with a legend turns her mad dash for survival into an odyssey of revenge as she sets out to hunt down the men who destroyed all that she loves. But in pursuing the monsters, will she become one herself? Is it possible to embark on a journey of destruction without digging your own grave?
In her beginning lies their end.
Praise for Children of the Revolution
"Urgent, humane story of resistance to corporate rule in a dystopian New Midwest.... The prose is crisply incisive, literary without fussiness, and both the cast and this fallen America's history are vividly drawn. ... Lovers of rebellion narratives will thrill to this." —Publishers Weekly Booklife Editor's Pick
"Sharp characterization and vibrant prose enliven this futuristic tale." --Kirkus Reviews
“Zienty's plot proceeds at a furious and exciting pace as Merit flees—and is pursued—through the bleak, dangerous New American Midwest. In a world governed by phobias and laws, her quest to find her purpose is successfully fleshed out in a meticulously imagined world. … a fresh-feeling dystopian wonderland. … riveting and haunting.” — The BookLife Prize for Fiction
Available through Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, or your favorite Indie bookstore in hardcover, paperback and ebook
Or save some righteous dollars and buy it directly from IngramSpark below (hardcover and paperback)!
Barnes & Noble, or your favorite Indie bookstore in hardcover, paperback and ebook
Or save some righteous dollars and buy it directly from IngramSpark below (hardcover and paperback)!
Words to read and write by...
"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be
violent and original in your work."-- Gustav Flaubert
"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath." --F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Dreams are necessary to life." --Anais Nin
"Reading is like breathing in; writing is like breathing out." --Pam Allyn
violent and original in your work."-- Gustav Flaubert
"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath." --F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Dreams are necessary to life." --Anais Nin
"Reading is like breathing in; writing is like breathing out." --Pam Allyn
Joanne was the 2014 winner of the Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project!
