The world is on fire. From the ashes like a phoenix rises a new America, one that will save it all. Under one condition; absolute and complete surrender.
The world complies without question. Those who don’t are destroyed. It is in this world, John is born. His very name is treason.
If the New America, now known to everyone as the State, knew what John was, they’d kill him, but instead they give him a gift.
I have showcased Rebels many a few times on my blog, and having the privilege to review it, warrants having it showcased! I find novels that are written in first person, fascinating. I find myself connecting with the character on a more personal level. Rebels tells of what happens when the world is destroyed and the "state" becomes control of absolutely everything. This novel was a one-sit down-read for me, which only happens when the story draws me in immediately.
John whom is telling the first person account of what is happening, is only 15 years old. That is hard to keep in mind, considering the maturity that he displays. This adds a hidden element to me of, how young he is but he has had to adapt to a whole new world.
I think that this book was a complete hit with me, because of the "truth" that came out of it. The world being controlled in this manner is a reality that could happen at any moment. This fear is what kept me engaged within the story. Can you imagine being told what to eat, when to eat, what you can or cannot have, or even when and how you can laugh?
I highly recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading books that include action, personal accounts {first person story telling}, and the possible "reality" story-lines. Rebels is something much more than a "story" being told, it also gives you things to think about. The what would you do? Could you adapt? How could or would you survive? It leaves readers with a tinge of fear that will last, especially if you begin paying close attention to any local & world news reports.
Excerpt
But unlike the others, my parents have made me commit to memory the preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America, a document outlawed by the State and every night my father pulls out a very old Bible hidden in a compartment in our wall and we listen to him read aloud its words. If it is found out that we have such a book, the penalty is death, but we read it anyway.
Our government is called the State of America and consists of most of the civilized world. I do not know what schools were like before the Great Fires but ours are old and moldy, full to the breaking point with youth and children.
The conditions have worsened through the years since the State has taken over and slowly broken down society much like strip mining, leaving nothing in place of what they have taken.
In many ways, we are no more than cattle waiting to be taken to the slaughter, only to serve the State and its needs. It is here at school that my life changed forever and I could no longer sit and do nothing while others decided my fate for me.
Praise for Rebels John has a lot of potential (especially for someone so young) in that he sees the flaws in this society. He wants to be like George Washington and knows a lot about the manner in which a government should be run... Highly recommended. ~Amazon Review
About the Authors Scott Powell was born in Burlington, Vermont, to a father who was a police officer and a mother who emigrated from South Korea. He received a degree in marketing from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, and a master's degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Scott served a two-year Spanish-speaking mission for his church. He is a mixed martial artist who continues to train with his father, a second-degree black belt in Tae kwon do and a kick boxer.
Besides being married to Scott for over seventeen years, Judith Powell is a stay-at-home mom whose whole life has been full of stories. Being raised by an Irish storytelling father and a Native American mother, stories have filled her life and her head until they finally had no choice but to flow out through her fingertips.
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