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    Blue Valley
    Blue Valley
    Blue Valley
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    Blue Valley

    By CD Reiss

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    At the outset of World War 2, Will Leary is sent to California’s Central Valley to investigate an agricultural anomaly the government fears is Japanese eco-terrorism; the soil is turning blue.

    The government suspects Japanese sabotage, but Will discovers the unwitting culprit is Sarah, the town “witch” who has the uncanny ability to read the Earth’s needs.

    As the destruction spreads, and the food supply is threatened, it’s not long before the farming community and the government are after Sara. Will goes to the ends of the earth to save her, only to find the very Earth beneath their feet wants her dead.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCD Reiss
    Release dateMar 9, 2011
    ISBN9780615458953
    Blue Valley
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    CD Reiss

    I am a graduate of USC film school. Yes, I have a master's degree in screenwriting and at this point, I love writing novels that are structured like movies.Not that screenwriting was a complete bust. I won a Chesterfield Fellowship for my script House of Leaves, and Blue Valley was the winner of a Monterey County On-Location Award, as well as a finalist at the Sundance Labs. I optioned out Fall From Grace, which is another script, and had some heat on a comedy, but nothing happened.I discovered novels after I had my first child in Kindergarden and I found ebooks right after the birth of my second. I live in Los Angeles, which you can read all about on my blog.Thanks for reading.

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