Title: Moirai
Series: Aberrant Trilogy # 2
By: Ruth Silver
Publication Date: September 26th, 2013
Published By: LazyDay Publishing
Genre: YA Dystopian
Blurb
Olivia has been on the run from the government of Cabal
since the marriage ceremony. Finally settling in and finding herself a place to
call home, in Shadow, Olivia and Joshua are preparing for the uprising that
they and the rebel alliance have been planning for months.
With new abilities and special talents, from Mindonsiphan,
Olivia learns that she can do more than most ordinary eighteen year olds.
Learning both to hide and perfect her skills will be one of the biggest
challenges she'll be forced to face.
A constant rollercoaster of emotion and adventure await
Olivia and Joshua, as they embark on a journey to the rebel city of Torv, and
what was once home, Genesis.
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Excerpt
“He
wants her thrown in the dumpster.” I grimaced as I approached the mattress.
“Help me.” I gestured towards the body. “I can't carry her on my own.” Even if
I could, I wasn't doing this alone.
“I'm
not throwing her away like garbage!” Lisa crossed her arms. “Think of something
else, Jacqueline.”
“We
could grab some wood, wrap her body, and burn her.” I glanced around the small
bedroom. It was mostly empty, except for the dresser against the wall. There
were no trinkets, no signs of another life outside of Genesis. I couldn't help
but wonder if anyone missed her from back home.
“How
are we going to do that without getting caught?” Lisa asked.
“I
don't know. Craynor will know we did it.” We were the ones that were told to
throw the body away.
“We
could find a place in the far end of the lot and bury her.”
Lisa
frowned. “No, I like the idea of burning her body. We'd be making a statement.
Anita would have approved.”
“If
we get caught, we'll be killed,” I reminded her. So much for staying out of
trouble.
“He's
killing his servants. You don't think that demands
attention?” Lisa huffed. “I would have liked to know what I was getting
involved in before I worked here.”
“It
wasn't like you had a choice.” I reminded her bitterly. That was what we were
fighting for: our freedom to make choices. Whether they were right or wrong,
they were our choices to make.
“Even
so,” Lisa scoffed, “she deserves more than being thrown away like a piece of
trash.”
Footsteps
clomped through the hallway, just outside the door. “Well whatever we decide,
we need to do it fast.”
Title: Aberrant
Series: Aberrant Trilogy # 1
By: Ruth Silver
Ebook Publication Date: April 17, 2013
Genre: YA Dystopian
Blurb
In the future dystopian society of Cabal, the government
instills equality for all and offers its citizens the perfect system. There is food, shelter and jobs for
everyone. The one requirement is to
follow the rules without question, including the government's match in marriage
and "The Day of the Chosen", a lottery that randomly selects families
to conceive children as natural means hasn't existed in generations. Following her eighteenth birthday, Olivia
Parker accepts her requirement to marry her childhood best friend, Joshua
Warren, and is eager to start her work assignment and new life when it all
comes abruptly to an end as she's arrested and thrown in prison. The only crime committed, her existence. Olivia is unlike the rest of the world born
not from "The Day of the Chosen."
The truth haunts the government and puts her life in grave danger as one
simple fact would destroy the perfect system.
With
Joshua's help, Olivia breaks free of prison and is forced on the run. Together they set out to find the promised
rebel town in search of a new home and new life together. Their situation seems less than promising as
they reach the town of Haven. New rules
and customs must be adhered to in order to stay. Leaving would mean most certain death in the
large expanse of the Gravelands. Time is
running out as the government mounts an attack to destroy Olivia and bury her
secret with her. Thrown into a world
unlike their own, they must quickly adapt to survive.
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We rounded the corner and my eyes
caught sight of a line of young men stretching around
council hall, extending for
blocks. "What's going on over there?" I asked.
Landon's face perked up, a hint
of a smile playing on his lips, "they're here for you, Olivia."
"Me?" I felt nervous
and swallowed the bile rising in my throat.
Landon patted my back, as if he
had the ability to reassure me. His touch was repulsive. I
pulled away slightly from his
grasp, my gaze still attached to the hundreds of young men lining up along the
edge of the building and pushed back down into the street. "They're
submitting their
applications to date you."
"You're joking?" My
eyes wide and mouth agape, I couldn't believe this was happening.
"This is because of Joshua
yesterday, isn't it?" It had to be the reason they found it necessary
to punish me.
Landon sighed. He seemed agitated
with me, short-tempered. "We've told you, Olivia, you
can't be with Joshua."
I rolled my eyes, "yes and
you've also told me I have three years to decide. What's all this!" I
gestured towards the young men as
I pushed them aside to walk through the main entrance, they were in my way.
"Hey! No cutting in
line," one of the young men yelled before his voice faltered off realizing
I wasn't there to apply.
"Are you Olivia?" His voice echoed against the building as he took
another
step, further inching towards the
foyer.
"It's none of your damned
business!" I shouted back, my eyes glaring as I knocked Landon
hard with my elbow. I knew it
wouldn't win me any brownie points but I didn't care. I was beyond
pissed. My feet clanked over the
marble flooring. In the center of the room a table had been set up where the
young men were fast approaching, one after another. "You're wasting your
time," I called back to the woman hosting the event as she recorded their
information in an oversized book.
"This way," Landon
escorted me away from the line of bachelors towards the open door.
"Please, come in," the
older wiry-haired woman gestured us inside and shut the door
promptly behind us. All the noise
and commotion from the main foyer disappeared inside the room.
About the Author
Ruth Silver attended Northern Illinois University and
graduated with a Bachelor's in Communication in the spring of 2005. While in college, she spent much of her free
time writing with friends she met online and penning her first novel, Deuces
are Wild, which she self-published in 2004.
Her favorite class was Creative Writing senior year where she often
handed in assignments longer than the professor required because she loved to
write and always wanted to finish her stories. Her love of writing led her on
an adventure in 2007 to Melbourne, Australia.
Silver enjoys reading, photography, traveling and most of all
writing. She loves dystopian and fantasy
young adult stories. Her debut novel
published by Lazy Day Publishing, ABERRANT is scheduled for release April
2013. Ruth has been actively writing
since she was a teenager. She currently
resides in Plainfield, Illinois.
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