~About the book~
Subversion (One Bright Future #2) by Melinda Friesen
Publication Date: August 31, 2016
Publisher: Rebelight Publishing
After fleeing slavery, Rielle James burns with the desire to
topple OneEarth Bank and end its enslavement of young people as Contracts. When
she learns that her friend Nathan has been sold to a logging company where
Contracts die or vanish without a trace, she assumes a false identity and
becomes a slave again to help him escape.
Her act of subversion uncovers the horrific truth behind the
OneEarth Bank’s role in Contract disappearances and its link to a global
pandemic.
Can Rielle and Nathan escape and expose the truth before
it’s too late?
~My Review~
One word review: Wow!
The details:
I enjoyed Enslavement, the first book in Melinda Friesen’s
One Bright Future series, so jumped at the chance to review Subversion, book 2
even though I have started a business and my writing/reading world has
diminished over the past year. Even though I enjoyed book 1, I did comment in
my review that I thought Rielle, the main character, allowed things to happen
to her, she wasn’t really taking the reins in her own rescue.
That thought is completely and instantly gone from the first
pages of Subversion. Rielle is determined to rescue Nathan, a fellow Contract
at the Banker’s house. He was supposed to help her escape in Enslavement, but
when things go wrong, she escapes without him and he’s captured and sold into a
very dangerous position at a logging camp.
Even though Rielle is now with Justin, nephew to her previous
owner and supporter of ending the slavery setup, she can’t leave Nathan to die,
so she conspires to be sent to the camp to rescue him. And Rielle’s rebel aunt
finds a way to communicate with her and asks her to up the risk by finding out what
secret the camp is hiding and why so many people are disappearing there.
Of course Nathan would rather she be safe rather than risk
her life saving him, so the rescue starts on rocky footing. There is daily
tension between her kitchen co-workers, the often injured loggers, and the
brutal supervisors. Rielle doesn’t back down even when she should. I won’t give
away the rest of the story, but the action and tension are non-stop, Rielle is
a true hero through gut-wrenching twists. The ending is painful, because of course
it’s not the end and book 3 can’t come soon enough.
The writing is top-notch, grammar and punctuation in good
shape, the story excellent. 5 stars. Don’t miss this one – go read Enslavement
to get the maximum enjoyment from Subversion and then deal with waiting for book
3 like me!
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Other books in the series:
"One world. One currency. One bright future."
That's the promise made by OneEarth Bank after a global
economic collapse--but only for those who accept the insertion of a commerce
chip.
When Rielle's parents refuse to comply, government officials
tear her family apart. As punishment for her parent's crimes, Rielle is forced
into a Community Service Contract--a legalized form of slavery--and sold to a
wealthy, abusive banker.
The Banker's secrets hold the key to Rielle's freedom, but
will she risk prison or even death to escape and search for her family?
~About the author~
Melinda Friesen was born in Portland, Oregon. She
attended school in Texas and met a vastly interesting Canadian man, who she
allowed to drag her to his home in the wilds of Manitoba, Canada. Living in an
igloo wasn't easy. Wait. She didn't actually live in an igloo, but that would
make this story much more interesting.
Among her accomplishments are surviving -40 degree
weather, gestating four human beings inside her body, and staying happily
married to that Canadian man for over 20 years despite the weather conditions
he's exposed her to. And she writes too!
Melinda Friesen writes short stories and novels for
teens. Enslavement, a YA sci-fi/dystopian read, is her first published novel
and the first book in the One Bright Future series. Her work has appeared in
Freefall Magazine, the Metro News and the upcoming Forging Freedom II
anthology. She was shortlisted in the Writers' Village International novel
contest, spring 2014. Her short stories have placed in several contests
including earning grand prize in the 2013 Central Canada Lit Fest short story
contest.
