About this series
Alliances shift as Kara teams up with Andrew, the leader of the Academics. Each are motivated by the death of a close friend, and each must face their own personal demons before they can work together effectively.
Matt, now separated from Kara, has to make a decision: Does he trust Kara's judgment about the state's atrocities, or does he return to the life he's known for so long as a soldier of the state?
Friends fight against friends as a cobalt-bomber is assigned to destroy the heart of the state's leadership. Matt, Kara, and Andrew have to decide what they stand for, what side they're on, and they have to do it before a cobalt-bomb kills the people closest to them.
Titles in the series (3)
- Control: The State, #1
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Set in future Austin, TX, the state forces the obedience of its population through a sophisticated drug. The Academics, the police force for the state, enforce order and ensure the drug is administered to the people. While most of the citizens are turned into drones, a token fighting force rebels against the state's military might. Kara, a soldier of the resistance, is given the daunting task of turning her old friend Matt, a captured Academic, to her side. Orem, the resistance leader, must face his past and make the right choices for the resistance, even if it costs him dearly. The ideologies of the state and the resistance cannot co-exist. One will triumph and the other will be extinguished. Can Kara and Orem prevail against the state?
- Sacrifice: The State
Now on the run, Kara continues her attempts to bring Matt around to the truth while trying to reconnect with the resistance. Matt's injuries and the presence of Adam, a fellow resistance soldier, only make her efforts more difficult. Orem returns to the resistance headquarters to see the devastation of an Academic attack. He must make a decision that can end the conflict permanently, but at great cost. Kara and Orem face insurmountable odds as they each attempt to defeat the state in separate missions. Will the state triumph over a broken resistance, or can Kara and Orem keep their resistance movement from crumbling against a superior military might?
- Deliverance: The State
Alliances shift as Kara teams up with Andrew, the leader of the Academics. Each are motivated by the death of a close friend, and each must face their own personal demons before they can work together effectively. Matt, now separated from Kara, has to make a decision: Does he trust Kara's judgment about the state's atrocities, or does he return to the life he's known for so long as a soldier of the state? Friends fight against friends as a cobalt-bomber is assigned to destroy the heart of the state's leadership. Matt, Kara, and Andrew have to decide what they stand for, what side they're on, and they have to do it before a cobalt-bomb kills the people closest to them.
Tom Wright
I’m Tom Wright. Web guy by day, author… also by day. My wife, Molly, co-founded the Austin Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club, so I read SF/F pretty regularly. After several books, I can firmly say I enjoy fantasy with lots of action. I write what I enjoy, hence the popcorn fantasy. I live in Austin, TX with Molly and our two daughters.
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