Kricket

Penni Jones

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Religious freedom has been stripped from Americans through the Religious Uniformity Act. Kricket Foster is a second-generation fighter in the Religious Resistance, a radical group of activists organized to restore this freedom. After a brush with the law, Kricket gives up activism to protect her young daughter.

Kricket makes her living bootlegging and bringing medications into the US. Other than paying off or shooting the occasional extortionist Department of Religious Affairs agent, she lives a quiet life. Her vow to stay out of the Resistance is challenged when she finds herself embroiled in a plot to murder the DRA Director. She must choose between her family and her beliefs while maintaining her commitment to her community. If she makes the wrong choice, she will lose her freedom and many of her friends will lose their lives.

Book Details

Publisher: Pandamoon Publishing
Publish Date: Mar 31st, 2019
Pages: 242
Language: English
Edition: Edition - undefined
Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.51in - 0.72lb
EAN: 9781950627011
Categories: • Dystopian• Thrillers - Political• Thrillers - Suspense

About the Author

Jones, Penni: - Penni Jones is a writer, movie buff, concert t-shirt enthusiast, reluctant multi-tasker, grunge music listener, and blogger extraordinaire of Scapegoats and Sacred Cows (http: //scapegoatsandsacredcows.com/). Penni started writing stories as soon as she learned how to hold a pencil. She is an avid reader whose favorites include Mark Haskell Smith, Ariel Gore, Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut, Gillian Flynn, Christopher Moore, and Kelly Braffet. Penni is an Arkansas native with a nomadic spirit. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from St. Martin's University in Lacey, Washington. She has worked as a bartender, restaurant manager, bank teller, payroll specialist, event planner, and office manager. These days she focuses on writing. She currently resides in Michigan and probably has too many pets. She is currently the Membership Chair of Michigan Sisters in Crime. Follow her on Twitter at @pjoneswriter.com.

Praise for this book

"Owing no small debt to this novel's timely dystopian backdrop, contemporary readers are sure to connect with Kricket Foster as a 'woke' warrior woman worthy of cherishing and championing."KRISTOPHER ZGORSKI, founder of BOLO Booksand 2018 MWA Raven Award Recipient

"In Kricket, Penni Jones creates a dystopian version of the country that rivals The Hunger Games. When the government takes away the right to religious freedom, access to life saving drugs, and the legality of choosing who to love, Kricket quietly becomes a gun wielding, shady-cop-killing badass, out to protect her fellow citizens. But when Kricket stumbles into a surprise discovery about her own past, she's forced to dive deeper into a political power structure she'd rather avoid completely. A relentless journey of discovery that will leave you wanting more." LIBBY KIRSCH, Emmy Award winning journalist and author of the Stella Reynolds Mystery Series

"In this scary, wonderfully imaginative novel, Penni Jones has created a frightening, all too believable Orwellian America where books are banned, sexual intolerance reigns, churches are merely fronts for alcohol distribution, and the country is ruled by an all-powerful, iron-fisted DRA (Department of Religious Affairs). In Kricket, she has created a heroic young single mother who, along with her compatriots wages war against the establishment."CHARLES SALZBERG, journalist, acclaimed writing instructor, and author of the Henry Swann Mystery Series, Devil in the Hole, and Second Story Man.