by Glenn Beck
First published 2012
Eighteen-year-old Emmeline walks her energy board each day in Compound 14. She accepts the male pairings the Authorities assign her. She keeps quiet like other citizens in the Republic, the place once called America. The UN program Agenda 21 transformed everything. No president exists now. No Congress or Supreme Court. Only the Authorities rule. Citizens must produce clean energy and babies. Those who fail become useless. Emmeline remembers little before their relocation when she was an infant. Her real memories start in their assigned concrete living space. Gatekeepers track all movement between guarded Compounds. Food, water, and energy come in strict rations. Then the Authorities come for her mother. Emmeline wakes up to her harsh reality. She searches for truth about why babies get taken at birth. She discovers the real goals of Agenda 21. The Authorities close in with nowhere for her to run. Emmeline creates a bold plan to save her family and expose the Republic.
Genres: science-fiction, dystopia, 21st-century, political-thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: dystopian-society, government-conspiracy, rebellion
Setting: America, Republic, Compound 14
Period: Future
304 pages · Hardcover · Threshold Editions
Content warnings: violence