

To do so, they finds they have an unlikely partner in a recently betrayed Harlan. And yet Joey’s sole mission is keep Julia safe until they can secretly escape to freedom.

Having anything to do with Doe will skip you right past penalties and sanctions all the way to the death penalty, not only for you, but for anyone you love. Having lost everything in the revolution’s aftermath, Joey takes an unfathomable risk by helping the near-dead leader of the rebellion, John Doe. The only correct response to a Son? Everything is goodly.

So, it was no big surprise that Harlan became a Son, loyal to The Corporation and carrying out their dirty deeds to keep citizens in check and in fear. Avoiding the school bully, Harlan Grundy, was always a plus, and so was not getting pummeled.

Two years earlier, before the Second Revolution ended and before the election, Joey’s biggest concern was sitting at the right cafeteria table at his high school or if the girl they liked liked them back. One such sanction for disobeying citizens is being forced on to the required viewing television show “Manhunt,” where they fight for their lives against the Sons, upholding The Corporation’s domination over society. This means not maligning the governing body, The Corporation, with any thought, word, or action, or else suffer the consequence. With violent protests breaking out in every city, attacks against immigrants, and the national crisis of the Capitol Event, young Joey must keep their vigilance in staying clear of the IPA’s ever-watching Sons of Liberty-its ruthless police force-to avoid becoming “disappeared” with his little sister. This is the vow that the CEO leader of the IPA-The Incorporated Precincts of America-pledges to his suffering citizens. Sixteen-year-old Joey Cryer has two missions: to keep their six-year-old sister, Julia, safe, and to not die.Īmerica first. It’s been two years since the establishment of the brutal dictatorship The Incorporated Precincts of America and its governing Board and CEO, as well as the death of the old America. This is the first book in a new trilogy called Revolution’s Children and you’re going to want to read this!Ī thrilling new YA dystopian novel has dark parallels to a conceivable future America. Check out this thrilling new YA Dystopian novel, Year Zero!
