Ignite: A YA Dystopian Thriller

Teens

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Synopsis

Tommy and Careen have been vilified in the media for the Resistance's failed attempt to take down the Office of Civilian Safety and Defense. Both teens struggle to survive the circumstances that thrust them into the national spotlight, and this time, they don't have each other to lean on. They're on opposite sides. Even though both the OCSD and the Resistance believe Careen's convincing defection, Tommy refuses to believe her loyalties have shifted. How can she be in favor of the OCSD's latest plan to monitor all minors with the Cerberean Link, a device that will track their every move?

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Author Biography

Once upon a time, Tracy Lawson was a little girl with a big imagination who wanted to write books when she grew up. Her interests in dance, theater, and other forms of make-believe led to a career in the performing arts, where “work” means she gets to do things like tap dance, choreograph musicals, and weave stories.

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Author Insight

Ignite's a Winner!

Ignite is a Solo Medalist in the YA Mystery/Thriller category of the 2018 New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing. I'm honored that Ignite has been so well-received. It also won Bronze in the 2017 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards. What makes Ignite a compelling story? I think it's the villain. Tommy and Careen are great protagonists, and I love them like they're my real kids, but it's great to have a bad guy (or gal) that you love to hate! In the Resistance Series books, that villain is Madalyn Davies, the director of the Office of Civilian Safety and Defense.

Book Excerpt

Ignite: A YA Dystopian Thriller

“Madam Director?”

Madalyn Davies looked up from the file on her desk and glared at her assistant. What was her name again? Oh, right. Mousy Nicole. The woman clutched the doorframe and cowered, half out of sight, as she delivered the news.

“There’s been an explosion at the university in OP-439.”

Madalyn’s livid expression made the timid woman shrink further away. Dammit. That was one of the few quadrants where nothing bad ever happened. Until recently. “Well?”

“The details are still sketchy, Madam Director. Besides the explosion, umm, there are also riots and protests.”

“In OP-439?”

“All over the country.”

“Turn on my television.”

Nicole let go of the doorframe and crossed the room to click the television remote that lay on the desk, less than an arm’s reach away from her boss. The television powered up, and Madalyn watched her assistant’s eyes grow wide. Nicole dropped the remote and scurried out before Madalyn could spin around in her chair.

A photo of Madalyn, photoshopped into a Marie-Antoinette-style costume, bore the caption “Let Them Eat Cake.”

How had she become the most hated woman in the country?