The facade of freedom is a thinly veiled lie. But does a giant even notice the crushing of a single flower? One girl is easy enough to kill. Then a mere girl fulfilled an almost forgotten prophecy and hope briefly flowered in unlikely places. The ancient Meikan people, like Cho, have lived in terror of the Addin for generations, and those who dare to stand up to its power are shunned as outlaws by their own people. But a clandestine force controls the highest seats of power and will stop at nothing to stamp out resistance. It's the twenty-first century, right now, in America and everything looks just fine on the surface. Hope is a fragile thing and fear is constant companion. At least two of her closest friends are dead, the man she loves is at the epicenter of the danger and the one who carries the first hope in a thousand years is lost, almost certainly killed in a rain of bullets. Then Cho will be on her own in this secret world war that can never be won. If they're captured, their souls will be usurped by Addin control.

The scouting team in Portland, Oregon has been ambushed on the 205 bridge. Company compound in Montana when disaster strikes. Twenty-two-year-old Cho is the temporary commander of the J. Despair has always dogged at the heels of those in the desperate fight against the Addin, but now that they've tasted hope, the return of darkness is all the more bitter. But does a giant even notice the crushing of a single flower? One girl is easy enough to kill.What if you had to fight a war you knew you could never win?Īranka Miko, the girl who carried the hope of resistance against Addin mind control, is lost and assumed to be dead.

The ancient Meikan people, like Cho, have lived in terror of the Addin for generations, and those who dared to stand up to its power were shunned as outlaws by their own people. At least two of her closest friends are dead and the man she loves is at the epicenter of the peril. Then Cho will be on her own in a secret war that cannot be won. If the rest are captured, their wills and minds will be usurped by the Addin cult. The scouting team with Aranka was ambushed and the first spark of hope in a thousand years is lost.

Now Aranka Miko, the girl who could shield the resistance against infiltration, has gone down in a rain of bullets. What if the forces of hatred could steal your soul?ĭespair has always dogged the heels of those who defy Addin mind control. A tantasy thriller of our dark contemporary world:

The Fear and the Solace by Arie Farnam