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CC Robinson
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Divided
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
He'd Burn It Down for Them
Caroline is the very snarky teenager Marcos has been training in self-defense since his first bumbling encounter after realizing Moses had assigned him to train a girl. He's eighteen and wants to spend his day off training two young girls to fight shows how much Marcos adores Caroline and her sister Sharlyn - in a very big brother way. To find them gone is devastating. We see his fear and anger combining in one toxic mix. If Lin, the violent and narcissistic guard aligned with Junior, were around, Marcos would go after him. But Lin's not around. So Marcos has no one to blame and no outlet for his anger. New here? The Divided Series is now complete at four books. Start with this book, Divided, and get ready to stay up late turning pages while also thinking deeply about what our future might look like.
Book Excerpt
Divided
Marcos ducked into the hovel on their only day off in weeks. A medical team was in the camp to “inspect” the prisoners for signs of illness. They were a brute set, man-handling everyone like they were animals. Their accents said they weren’t even from Queenstown. Too clipped, with strong Rs.
He’d passed with flying colors, though the male nurse had berated him for his clear disobedience, as evidenced by his polka dotted bruising and lash marks. Leave that nurse here and he’d see for himself.
Today Marcos would train Caroline again. She had gotten much better since his first bumbling attempt to train a girl. Marcos would teach her kicks and take-downs today. Having everyone elsewhere was essential. Otherwise, people would ask too many questions.
Except when he got to her hovel, it was deserted. He stood in the doorway, scratching his scraggly beard and wondering if he’d mixed up directions. Backing out, Marcos bumped into Cece and jumped aside.
“I’m sorry, I must be in the wrong place.” He tried to move around Cece, who, instead of stepping aside, pushed him into the hovel.
“Sit,” she commanded, her gray hair shining in the sunlight before she stepped into the hovel after him.
“What’s going on?”
“You’re not in the wrong place, but something’s happened. No one can find Mary’s girls. They’re just gone. Vanished. We asked the women who clean the barracks, but they aren’t in the ones we can access. Nor are they in the punishment cells. They’ve disappeared. Mary is beside herself with worry.”
The last time anyone had seen them was at breakfast, according to Cece.
What about at the medic tent or in the lines? How could two girls, especially ones as lively as Caroline and Sharlyn, just disappear?
Two girls, missing. Nowhere to be found. Two innocent, young girls with their lives ahead of him. If Lin was responsible for this, Marcos would murder him, pummel him with all his champion boxing skills.
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