Mechanized Series – Book 2
Franny Murphy, a pagan high priestess in a futuristic society, leaves the home habitat upon her youngest child’s majority due to strict rules that separate birthing and childrearing from the rest of society. Franny longs for her daughter. Her heart is broken as she and loved ones succumb to a mind-numbing pacification drug. Betrayed by her uncle, who’d groomed her as his replacement in the high council and facing her daughter’s expulsion upon her own child’s majority, Franny has had enough. She sacrifices everything to become the voice of the resistance.
Excerpt
“Jane Murphy?” A voice rumbled.
“Yeah.” She squinted at the vid screen across from her bed, seeing a thin face, dark hair, hawk-like nose, hard predatory eyes.
“Are you ready?” he asked. The eyes softened.
She pulled the sheet up over her naked breasts, why the hell she’d answered no longer a valid question. This was ‘the call.’ She should have been up and dressed already.
“I’m Anthony Patricio.” His thin lips curled. “Your induction? It’s a big day.”
She swallowed. So much for acting like a professional. Yeah, and she’d overslept. Making mistakes must be her new hobby.
The man’s face and name slammed together, and she sat up, resting her chin on her knees. She’d heard of him—something about pod development. He was her parents’ age. Some of her contacts in Mexico City claimed to like him. She moved a leg, then a foot, straightening it out. He should know better than to call this early—when people in Pro-Prog were just getting their kids ready for school.
This wasn’t Pro-Prog.