The Purlieu Experiment: The Mascot Trilogy, #1

By Linda Rigsbee

Created To Lead; Destined to Liberate

It began as an experiment on planet Purlieu to see how colonies would progress, given different pre-determined circumstances. It ended over 200 years later after a devastating plague. After the scientists abandoned the planet, some of the colonies became predatory toward others.

   The scientists had created Mascots – humans genetically altered with animal genes – to guide and protect the colonists. Donte is a mascot, born with a unique destiny. He believes the only way the colonies can survive is to work together. He is determined to unite them, but it proves to be a long and perilous undertaking, fraught with mistakes, betrayal and misunderstandings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HomeSpun Literature
• Release date: Dec 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393679608

Linda Rigsbee

Rigsbee is an award-winning, multi-genre author. She has published more than 50 books since 1986. She writes non-fiction and fiction in story lengths from flash fiction to novels. Cradle to rocking chair, her stories are all delivered without profanity or explicit sex. The endings are always upbeat. Rigsbee designs most of her covers and illustrates her children's books. Rigsbee struggled in school to make passing grades and didn't discover until her son was diagnosed that dyslexia was the cause. After that, she knew she could do anything she wanted to do if she tried hard enough. She wanted to write, and so she did. Rigsbee maintains a website of free reads. No membership or information is required to read these advertising-free stories and poems online. All the works are copyrighted by her. The website is deartales dot com. For more information about the author, visit her website at http://www.lindarigsbee.com "I write for pleasure; yours and mine." Linda L. Rigsbee