by Andy Graham
On a day when the world is struggling to stay sane, and is being ravaged by biblical plagues, what price will two teenagers pay for their past?
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The Cast of This Book
The Settlements/ Free Towns/ Bucket Towns
Tear
Ray Franklin – corporal in the 10th Legion
Rose Franklin – Ray’s mother
Donarth Taille (deceased) – Ray’s father (born in Axeford)
Frederick ‘Rick’ Franklin (missing) – Ray’s maternal grandfather
Stann Taille – Ray’s paternal grandfather (born in Axeford)
Lenka Zemlicka – Ray’s neighbour & surrogate Aunt
Ben/ ‘Latch’ – a small boy from the village
Axeford
Skovsky (deceased) – member of the 10th Legion
Tino Martinez – former 10th legionnaire, now a cleaner in the Kickshaw in the capital.
New Town
Baris Orr – sub-corporal in the 10th Legion
The Gates
Ailan (The capital city of Ailan) and other cities
Bethina Laudanum – the president
The vice-president
David Prothero – Spokesperson for the Unions (born in New Town)
Reza Aalok – captain in the 10th Legion
Ernest Hamid – sergeant in the 10th Legion
Jamerson Nascimento – sub-corporal in the 10th Legion
Stella Swann – doctor/ medical researcher
Dan Swann - Stella’s husband
Lynn - manager of The Kickshaw
James Lind – professor/ chief scientist at camp X517
James Avery – researcher at camp X517 (born in a Free Town)
Joanna Miescher – researcher at camp X517
Wu-Brocker – dermatologist/ former clinical lead of camp X517
The medi-sec – military hospital administrator
Neufeld - doctor/ clinical lead therapist surgeon colonel (PhD. BAMF!)
Wilson - police sergeant
The Famulus – leader of the Ward (the secret society)
Willa Chester – General of the Ailan Army
James - Sci-Captain from Sci-Corps
The Donian Mountains
Karlyne Brooke – corporal in the 10th Legion
Kaleyne - one of the Elders
Eleyka - one of the Elders
Karaan - one of the Elders
Lukaz - leader of the Hoyden (a group of rebels and misfits within the Donian tribes)
The Ailan Military
The 10th Legion
Captain Reza Aalok
Sergeant Ernest Hamid
Corporal Karlyne Brooke
Corporal Ray Franklin
Sub-corporal Jamerson Nascimento
Sub-corporal Baris Orr
Skovsky (deceased)
Martinez (military veteran)
non 10th Legion
General Willa Chester
Clinical Lead Therapist Surgeon Colonel Doctor Neufeld (PhD!)
Sci-Captain James
Acknowledgements
(This is my first book. I may get a little carried away here . . .)
The beta readers who trawled through an early draft of Franklin, and gave me invaluable feedback: Michael Bolan, Fernando Nascimento Araujo, Guy Bennett, John Evans, Haemish Graham, Liz Knight, Anne Tatlow, and Andy Taylor.
My fantastic editor, Nicole Ayers, (aka the ‘comma queen’) for knocking the manuscript into shape, pointing out the plot holes, and (very patiently) dealing with my random approach to punctuation. Any mistakes that survived the cull are all mine, especially the commas. I hate commas.
The amazing covers were designed by Stuart Bache of Books Covered.
My hyperactive, rebellious, noisy, disobedient, stubborn, wilful, relentless children for being exactly who you are. (I am hoping, though, that by the time you can read and understand this paragraph, you’ll have grown out of these traits.)
Above all, to my wife, who I’m not sure any author, lyricist or wordsmith could do justice, let alone a ‘rook’ just cutting his teeth.
Copyright and Disclaimer
Copyright © Andrew Graham 2015
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by information storage or retrieval system, without the written permission of the author, except where permitted by law, or in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance between the characters in it and real people, events or organisations is entirely co-incidental.
