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Counteract
by Tracy Lawson
Resistance
Series, Book 1
DysCovered
Publishing
Genre: YA
Dystopian Adventure
Who do you trust when your world unravels and
everything you believed is a lie?
For the past fifteen years, The Office of Civilian
Safety and Defense has guarded the public against the rampant threat of
terrorism. Teenagers Tommy and Careen have never known life without Civilian
Restrictions. For them, there's no social media. No one is allowed to gather in
public places or attend concerts or sporting events. Only a small, select group
of adults have driving privileges, but it's a small price to pay for safety.
Now a new, more deadly, terrorist threat looms:
airborne chemical weapons that can be activated without warning. The OCSD is
ready with an antidote to counteract the effects of the toxins. Three drops a
day is all it takes. It's a small price to pay for health.
The day the disaster sirens signal the dreaded attack,
Tommy shares his last dose with Careen, even though doing so might hasten his
death. It's a small price to pay for a friend.Follow Tommy and Careen as they
uncover a web of lies and deceit reaching to the highest levels of the United
States government and join an underground resistance group that's determined to
expose the truth.
"Counteract is a novel for our times, but with a
decidedly different plot twist. Most dystopian thrillers focus on the
devastating consequences of the unleashed virus or poison on society,
community, and the individual. They become character studies of the
protagonists and antagonists.
"Tracy Lawson's novel asks an even more
disturbing question--what if the real culprit was someone or something we
trusted? I thought The Hunger Games might be the Millennial generation's
version of George Orwell's 1984. Now, I think Counteract and the Resistance
Series are more primed to take that spot."--SR Staley, author of St. Nic,
Inc., and the Tortuga Bay series.
**FREE on Amazon July 17th – 21st, then .99 cents
for the remainder of the tour!!**
Resist
Resistance Series, Book 2
"I loved the first book in this series so much
that I jumped right into the second one to continue the adventure. The
Resistance Series is another great YA dystopian adventure that combines
elements of thriller, romance, dystopian, and much more to create a
well-rounded story that is sure to appeal to many readers - it definitely has
my attention."--TFL Reader, top 500 Amazon Reviewer
Knowledge comes with a price.
Tommy and Careen no longer believe the Office of
Civilian Safety and Defense's miracle antidote can protect them from a
terrorist's chemical weapons. After accidentally discovering the antidote's
real purpose,they've join the fight to undermine the OCSD's bid for total
control of the population.
Being part of the Resistance brings with it a whole
new set of challenges. Not everyone working for change proves trustworthy, and
plans to spark a revolution go awry with consequences far beyond anything they
bargained for.
Tommy and Careen's differing viewpoints threaten to
drive a wedge between them, and their budding relationship is tested as their
destinies move toward an inevitable confrontation with the forces that
terrorize the nation.
Where does love fit in when you're trying to start a
revolution?
"Dystopian YA literature needs more writers like
Tracy Lawson! Lawson's lean writing style and idea-driven dialogue reminded me
of the novels of Ayn Rand, particularly Anthem, but Resist is much faster paced
and holds your attention from the beginning.
"Resist picks up right where the first book,
Counteract, leaves off, and readers are thrown immediately into the action. I
also loved the way Lawson doesn't give her characters the easy way out--they
are forced to make decisions and suffer the consequences. These are real people
that anchor the story, even if the setting is not." --SR Staley, author of
St. Nic, Inc. and the Tortuga Bay series
**.99 cents on Amazon!!**
Ignite
Resistance Series, Book 3
The Greatest Risk Is To Take No Risk At All.
Nationwide food shortages have sparked civil unrest,
and the Office of Civilian Safety and Defense’s hold on the people is slipping.
The Resistance’s efforts to hasten the OCSD’s demise have resulted in disaster,
with Tommy Bailey and Careen Catecher taking the blame for the ill-fated mission
in OP-439.
Both teens struggle to survive the circumstances that
force them into the national spotlight—and this time, they’re on opposite
sides. On the run and exiled from the Resistance members in BG-098, Tommy makes
his way to a Resistance safe house in the capital.
The OCSD is preparing to monitor all under-eighteens
with the Cerberean Link, a device that protects them against hunger and
sickness and can even locate them if they’re lost. Tommy’s now living in close
quarters with Atari, an operative who has been assigned to sabotage the Link.
But does Atari plan to use it for his own purposes?
Through it all, Tommy refuses to believe Careen’s
loyalties have shifted away from the Resistance, and he’s willing to assume any
risk to reconnect with her. Will they be able to trust each other when it
matters most?
**.99 cents on Amazon!!**
Revolt
Resistance Series, Book 4
**Released July 18th!**
The Explosive Conclusion to the Award-Winning
Resistance Series
To Deny Freedom is to Deny the Human Spirit.
Fugitive Resistance fighter Tommy Bailey has come out
of hiding to help rescue Careen Catecher from the clutches of the Office of
Civilian Safety and Defense, where she’s been held and interrogated for
information about the rebel group. The OCSD is poised to launch the Cerberean
Link, a security device that will put all minors under constant surveillance
under the guise of protecting them.
Fearful that OCSD director Madalyn Davies’s bid for
control won’t stop there, the Resistance puts its own plan in motion to
sabotage the Link and oust Madalyn from the directorship. Just when everything
seems leveraged in the Resistance’s favor, treachery, lies, and long-held
secrets threaten to derail it all.
Will even a life together on the run be impossible for
Tommy and Careen? Or will the Resistance’s efforts convince the public to put
their fears aside and demand freedom?
Spark
Careen's Prequel to the Resistance Series
"What was our heroine Careen Catecher like BEFORE
she became a firebrand for the Resistance? Well, she was just a normal teenage
girl trying to survive college in the totalitarian state of Tracy Lawson's
creation." --review by Patrick Hodges
"Careen is a believable, strong female
protagonist who, having survived a harrowing terrorist attack, is now trying to
survive [college] in a new 'Quadrant' where she can't seem to fit in."
--review by Candace Williams
A strong heroine is made, not born.
Though Careen Catecher survived a terrorist attack
when she was nine, her childhood ended on that awful day. Now, nine years
later, she’s ready for her life to truly begin.
A full scholarship to a prestigious university far
from her beleaguered home quadrant seems like a dream come true, but when she
arrives on campus, she’s perceived as a charity case, despite grades and test
scores that prove she’s the academic equal of the best students there.
Careen knows she’s tough enough to survive just about
anything, but fitting in with her acquisitive peers—at least on the surface—is
necessary if she’s going to leave the past behind and claim the stable future
she craves.
But her past won’t stay buried. She’s only been at
school for a few weeks when a cryptic message from an unlikely friend raises
questions that may put her in danger all over again.
Check out this novella-length prequel to the
award-winning Resistance Series, “a promising new YA series about a
totalitarian America.”
**Perma-Free on Amazon!!**
Tracy
Lawson knew she wanted to be a
writer from the time she could read. In the first grade, she authored
sixty-seven contact-paper bound books through her school's Young Authors
program. Though that pace proved impossible to maintain, she always intended to
be a real author one day.
While working toward her Bachelor's degree in
Communication at Ohio University, she studied creative writing with the late
Daniel Keyes, author of Flowers for Algernon. After short stints as a media
buyer and an investigative analyst, she settled into a 20-year career in the
performing arts, teaching tap dancing in Columbus, Ohio, and choreographing
musicals. Though her creative energies were focused on dance, she never lost
her desire to write, and has a non-fiction book to her credit: Fips, Bots,
Doggeries, and More, (McDonald & Woodward, 2012).
Tracy's love for writing Young Adult fiction is
sparked by all the wonderful teens in her life, including her daughter Keri, a
college student. Counteract is Tracy's first novel.
Revolt: Book Four of the
Resistance Series
Book Launch Giveaway
“I've been reading this series basically since it
first came out, and honestly I really still love the characters and all of
their weird interactions. As the conclusion to the series, Revolt is
not one of those books that gives you a neatly tied bow on a package and tells
you it's over. It has twists, turns, and you're going to be in for yet another
adventure with the Resistance crew.”
“So, this series that I've been reading since the beginning
is over. What's a girl to do? Restart from Book One, of course!”
Can't Get Enough of the Resistance
Series?
Wanna know what happened the night of the car accident
that changed
Tommy Bailey’s life forever?
Take advantage of this limited-time offer:
Get a FREE PDF of Shatter: Tommy’s Prequel to the
Resistance Series, which includes a gallery of the amazing artwork
created for the series! This prequel will NOT be available on Amazon.
Here’s how it works:
Purchase Revolt: Book Four of the Resistance
Series on Amazon for $2.99:
Email your receipt to tracy@counteractbook.com,
and in return you’ll receive Shatter: Tommy’s Prequel to the Resistance Series.
But wait...that's not all!
Resist: Book Two of the Resistance Series and Ignite:
Book Three of the Resistance Series
will be priced at 0.99 each until August 18.
Spark: Careen's Prequel to the Resistance Series is
always FREE on Amazon and Kobo. If you live outside the US, email the author at
tracy@counteractbook.com for your free copy.
ACT during Launch Month to get ALL FOUR full-length
books, plus the two prequels for just $5.96!
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