{"product_id":"roll-call-book-1-in-the-roll-call-trilogy-9781508400189","title":"Roll Call: Book #1 in the Roll Call Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gwen Mansfield\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Adult, Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi Survival Trilogy, Book #1\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2067 the asteroid \u003ci\u003eJurbay \u003c\/i\u003esevers the continent, \u003c\/b\u003eamputating 22 western states, and submerging them into the Pacific Ocean in the course of a day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world of brain-swappers, GEBs, the 14 Deadlies, and the scary rulership of The Third, twenty-two-year-old Avery DeTornada hesitantly leaps into inherited leadership. It's impossible to follow the footsteps of a deceased father-the founder who birthed the nation, or to discover a role model in a mother embedded as a subterranean in the ranks of The Third. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvery finds leading a fledgling country everything she could imagine and more-a nightmare. On-the-job training proves treacherous and make-it-up-as-you-go tangles alliances, jeopardizes friendships, and exposes her poor love choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRiding high on the zip wires strung throughout the city and forging hidden routes in the tunnels of the History Labyrinth, Avery DeTornada raises up a rag-tag band of comrades-an army of dump-pickers, library boys, and minstrels to confront The Third and navigate the scars of a postapocalyptic world. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's going to be a roll call-add your name to the list.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Although the novel is aimed at young adults, sophisticated jolts of turmoil charge the narrative, as when Avery has 'lost the time to let beauty perform its work on [her] spirit'. Overall, this masterful series opener is in better company with William Gibson's \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e than safer fare such as \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e. An exhilarating ride, full of sheer drops and whiplash curves.\"-Kirkus Reviews \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Roll Call strikes at the fundamental nature of the human story. With humor, imagination, and gripping realism, Mansfield transports us to a world in which essential myths of our time play out and we are compelled to reexamine where we are as a society.\"-Valerie Veatch, Director \"Love Child\" (HBO 2014) and \"Me @ the Zoo\" (HBO 2012). Sundance Film Festival 2012, 20214.","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45500518269079,"sku":"9781508400189","price":1302.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781508400189.webp?v=1767158099","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/roll-call-book-1-in-the-roll-call-trilogy-9781508400189","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}