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By: Carson FairclotheBook Publisher: AuthorSolutions
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Fourteen-year-old Jean Karona cannot stop running. In the midst of a life and death game of hide-and-seek with her two younger siblings, Vivian and Rory, Jean knows it's up to her to keep them all safe from the demented Trackers who hunt them.
Planet Earth is not a place anyone wants to live on anymore. The devastation of nine years of war has taken its toll on everyone, including Jean's family. As every country fights for world domination, Jean's parents are snatched by the Trackers and forced onto the battlefield, leaving Jean alone to care for her sister and brother. But after a new law passes, Jean is recruited into the War and is left with no choice but to leave Vivian and Rory behind. Her fight is not only physically daunting, but also a clash of wills, as every surrounding power demands her best.
In this action-packed sci-fi adventure, Jean soon realizes that she is immersed in a deadly cat-and-mouse game where her life is at stake. With no time left for indecision or fear, Jean must learn to fight like a real soldier-before she loses everything she has ever loved.
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| Title of eBook: Games | |
| Release Date: 06-22-2011 | |
| Publisher: iUniverse.com |
This eBook download is available in the following formats:
| Parent title | Games |
|---|---|
| Encrypted (DRM) | Yes |
| SKU | 9781462010288 |
| File size | 2601 |
| Security | n/a |
| Printing | Not allowed |
| Copying | Not allowed |
| Read aloud | No Sys requirements Download reader |
| Devices | Samsung Tablet, Apple Ipad & Iphone, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobo eReader, Aluratek Libre, Iliad, Nokia, Blackberry, Hanlin |
| Note | Excellent navigation features are available via Adobe such as bookmarks and a quick access table of contents. Text search is easily accessible. An Adobe DRM-protected file is different than a pdf file in that it uses Adobe DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology, which authors and publishers use to protect their content from illegal online distribution and to set certain privileges such as restrictions on copying and printing. |
Games
Chapter One
Running
Have you ever felt so tired you could just give up? The better question would probably be: Have you ever felt so tired, so on fire and so desperate but so incapable, that you could just fall to the ground, bite the dust, and not even care? So tired that all your muscles could deflate while your head is screaming for you to move, even as your nerve endings are fried in the fire converging on your body from all the running and lack of oxygen?
Yeah. That'd be the better question.
But I couldn't stop. Damn it all, I couldn't stop running. Life sucks that way. When I want to give up so badly I can taste it, that's when I hear Dad's voice in my head yelling, That's not good enough, Jean! That's not good enough! and then I know I have to keep going. Well, that is, if I have my life on the line. And two other lives.
Other than all that, I felt fine. Perfect.
I heard a broken sob a short way behind me, and I snapped back to awareness. I looked back and grabbed Vivian's hand, pulling her up along beside me as she almost stumbled. The tears flowing down her cheeks were enough to drive me insane. Who the hell chases kids around and makes a five year old cry?
Beside me, Rory seemed able to cope without my hand. He was so rangy, though; all skin and bone, but no muscle. He was only nine, but already he'd learned to run two miles without breaking a sweat. I could practically hear Dad's voice again in my head, beaming with pride. That's my boy.
The thumping of a helicopter sounded closer than it had before, and I ground my teeth together, digging way
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