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Seventeen: Book 1
By
Mark D. Diehl
Print
Publisher: Mark D. Diehl
eBook
Publisher: Fencetree Productions, LLC.
Release
Date: September 20, 2013
Genre:
YA/NA Science Fiction/Dystopian
Length:
384 Pages
ISBN:
978-1492744863
About the book:
Most
of the world's seventeen billion people are unconscious, perpetually serving
their employers as part of massive brain trusts. The ecosystem has collapsed,
and corporations control all of the world's resources and governments. A
bedraggled alcoholic known as the Prophet predicts nineteen year-old waitress
Eadie will lead a revolution, but how can she prevail when hunted by a giant
corporation and the Federal Angels it directs?
The
mist was clearing. Brian found himself standing in the street outside the bar
he had entered earlier. Half a dozen battered and bleeding men stood
surrounding him, and at least as many more lay on the gravel, seriously wounded
or out cold.
The
attack had come from somewhere in the mist, from all directions at once. His
head and torso ached and throbbed. He locked his shaking knees to keep them
from buckling. Every muscle in his body seemed to be lengthening, pouring
downward like water. His eyelids drooped.
One
of the standing men took a step toward him, fists raised. Brian tried to turn
away from him, his arm flopping behind his back like a fish.
Behind
his back! His eyes opened a little wider. He straightened and forced his arm to
function, whipping out his revolver and aiming it around at the circle of
attackers.
He
tried to pull back the hammer but too many of his knuckles were broken. He
ended up simply pointing it at the closest one, who backed away cautiously.
Once past him, Brian walked backwards, still aiming the gun as long as he could
see them. Then he turned, moving as fast as he could manage, back toward Dok’s
place.
AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Mark
D. Diehl writes novels about power dynamics and the way people and
organizations influence each other. He believes that obedience and conformity
are becoming humanity’s most important survival skills, and that we are thus
evolving into a corporate species.
Diehl
has: been homeless in Japan, practiced law with a major multinational firm in
Chicago, studied in Singapore, fled South Korea as a fugitive, and been
stranded in Hong Kong.
After
spending most of his youth running around with hoods and thugs, he eventually
earned his doctorate in law at the University of Iowa and did graduate work in
creative writing at the University of Chicago. He currently lives and writes in
Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Author’s
Website: http://www.markddiehl.com
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the excerpt today. This sounds like a great read.
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Wow what an exciting and unique excerpt. I really would like to know what happened.
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