Roll Call: Book #1 in the Roll Call Trilogy (Volume 1), by Gwen Mansfield
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In 2067 the asteroid Jurbay severs the continent, amputating 22 western states and submerging them into the Pacific Ocean in the course of a day. Sixteen years later, caught in the 2083 post-apocalyptic world, Avery DeTornada, the 22 year old daughter of great leaders, struggles to step into leadership herself and release her community from the domination of The Third. Avery and her comrades Shaw, McGinty and Pasha operate undercover, working in the city of Reichel within the oppressive government of The Third. Their undercover status allows them to work quietly, developing covert strategies to assimilate information and pass it on to the others in The 28 United rebellion. Avery and her team have no idea how many of those loyal to the 28 United there are, and without that information it is impossible to move on to the next step of opposing The Third. In a dystopian society The Third successfully obtains the allegiance of its citizens by removing their memories of family and home, creating a need for misplaced devotion. The Third suspects there may be those inside their ranks that believe in an alternative government based on the outdated workings of democracy. They acknowledge the only way to root out the rebels is to place GEBs (genetically engineered beings) among the workers to uncover those disloyal. The Third secretly replaces chosen citizens with GEBs who collect information and report back to The Third. Avery discovers two of her own have been replaced, and by purposely getting herself arrested she is able to find and free Shaw and Pasha who join up with her and McGinty. Once The Third discovers the rebels have escaped they become the hunted and flee for Red Grove, the command center of The 28 United. Along the way they collect a ragtag army of dump pickers, library boys and minstrels, coming face to face with the creatures of the dump, the brainswappers of the forest and the effects of the 14 Deadlies. Avery meets Raben, a leader among the dump pickers. Through their intense escape, the danger of rebellion and the growth of The 28 United Raben and Avery find a love for each other, but Avery struggles with letting go of her longtime friend, McGinty and reconciling her feelings for him that have always bordered on more than friendship. Once they arrive at Red Grove Avery DeTornada says, “If only we knew how many loyal ones we are dealing with. Is it a hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? With a hundred we are only trying to hide, avoid The Third and maybe convince them that we are no threat. With a thousand we might attempt planting a few more subterraneans inside The Third. But with ten thousand we form an army. With ten thousand we go to war. We have to get a count—have a roll call.” Pasha discovers how to send a secret message to The 28 United rebels and hundreds show up at Red Grove. After being compromised by GEBs, Avery realizes she must send the loyal ones up to the New Coastline to colonize and train for battle while she, McGinty, Shaw and Pasha return once more inside The Third, this time undercover in the night patrol, collecting valuable information for an offensive plan. After capturing Degnan, a scientist and doctor on the outs with The Third, Avery and the others join in an unholy alliance with Degnan, living by day in his hidden tunnel adjoining the GEB lab. They discover sinkholes sucking down sections of the city. There are secrets in the caverns of the History Labyrinth deep underground. Will Avery and her friends be able to escape The Third before they are discovered? With The Third on the verge of recognizing the rebels in their midst and Avery getting closer to the discovery of The Third’s battle plans, an army of four inside The Third isn’t enough. Who will stand with Avery DeTornada against The Third in hopes of restoring balance to the world, allowing The 28 United to rule with justice and eliminating the tyranny of The Third?
Roll Call: Book #1 in the Roll Call Trilogy (Volume 1), by Gwen Mansfield - Amazon Sales Rank: #3360880 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .93" w x 5.00" l, .89 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 370 pages
Roll Call: Book #1 in the Roll Call Trilogy (Volume 1), by Gwen Mansfield Review "Mansfield begins her new trilogy by dropping readers into a future that's as propulsive as it is miserable. In marvelous, staccato prose, she describes Avery's world ... 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 Neuromancer than safer fare such as The Hunger Games. An exhilarating ride full of sheer drops and whiplash curves." --Kirkus Reviews
About the Author Gwen Mansfield loves words, and the thought of a good story sends ideas capering through her mind until they settle down into characters, settings and plot. This is her first novel in the young adult genre. The surprises she found on the pages of book #1 in this post-apocalyptic trilogy made it impossible to say goodbye to Avery DeTornada and her comrades. Book #2, Inside the Third (available in December 2015) and #3, Reluctant Warriors bring the characters back to war against The Third with determination that The 28 United will stand. Gwen completed her BA in theatre from Seattle Pacific University, her MA in theatre from Central Washington University and her MFA in Creative Writing from University of New Orleans. She lives in the Northwest with her husband and children. She is the author of the historical fiction Experiment Station Road, the musical Resistance and the stage plays: Grace Diner, Experiment Station Road, and You’ve Got 90 Seconds.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. 'When someone is replaced by a GEB what happens to the original?' By Grady Harp Pacific Northwest author Gwen Mansfield published her debut novel, EXPERIMENT STATION ROAD, in 2011, an adult historical fiction novel that dealt with social issues of cultural discrimination. Now she begins her trilogy on a post-apocalyptic theme written for young adults. In addition to writing novels she also is a playwright, not surprising when we note that she received her BA in theatre from Seattle Pacific University, her MA in theatre arts from Central Washington University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans!Gwen's writing style is concise, never dawdling for unnecessary information that would clutter her action packed adventure. The manner in which she designs her `post-apocalyptic' zone is a bit too credible for comfort with the current environmental changes we see in the news daily (tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis in unusual locales, etc), but with the author's attention to detail and to character development it is obvious that that is her intention. She explains her locale and cast of characters well, even in the opening paragraphs: `DeTornada. That name and the legacy of leadership has been on my back, haunted me and tracked me down for most of my life. It sets me apart from others left on earth, and I hate it. Twenty-two is too young and too inexperienced to be thrust toward the front of the pack. The asteroid Jurbay fell and sliced us in half. Those of us who remained, The 28 United, now oppose The Third-- the rulership in power. But disaster doesn't care about enemies, and it doesn't discriminate against foes. It rips who it wants from comfort, from family, from purpose-- from life. Looking back on our shared catastrophe I realize, even with an enemy, disaster offers us something in common. Somewhere around mid-century the two parties of polar opposites within The United, our political world, forgot to watch their backs. Subtly, and with muchcharisma, The Third slithered in while the fighting wolves tore themselves apart in the government arenas of the Senate, the House and the Oval Office. And pretty soon there wasn't any Senate or House or Oval Office because Commander Dorsey slipped in the back door of power and assumed the front seat of command.'To clarify the complex plot, in 2067 the asteroid Jurbay severs the continent, amputating 22 western states and submerging them into the Pacific Ocean in the course of a day. Sixteen years later, caught in the 2083 post-apocalyptic world, 22-year-old Avery DeTornada and her comrades Shaw, McGinty, and Pasha operate undercover, working in the city of Reichel within the oppressive government of The Third. After discovery, they escape and are hunted, fleeing for Red Grove, the command center of The 28 United. Along the way, the rebels collect a ragtag army of dump pickers, library boys, and minstrels, but it's not enough. Who will stand with Avery DeTornada against The Third, guaranteeing The 28 United will remain?In a relative short novel Gwen has placed all the characters that will define a trilogy clearly in context and has allowed us to know them, care about them, feel the discovery of love amidst the devastation they face, most important for a proposed trilogy, glued us to their futures and the development of the plot she has so carefully carved. A fine Young Adults novel, this. Grady Harp, April 15
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. What will the future hold? By bertiejf I love a book that I can read and enjoy, and that my younger family members can also read and enjoy. This is definitely one of those.It's 2083, sixteen years since an asteroid hit the earth, wiping out almost half of the United States, leaving only 28. In the aftermath of this cataclysm, a totalitarian government has taken control. Now, a small group of rebels, calling themselves The 28 United struggle to overthrow this government.Gwen Mansfield handles the struggles that these young people face with aplomb. Not just the physical struggles of working as spies, or running from an all powerful government, or dealing with death and murder...but the struggles that come with finding themselves in places of leadership, having to make decisions that may cost lives, and will definitely set up precedents in the new world that they are trying to create. Young Avery DeToranada says it best when she asks herself, "....what will we hand them? (the young ones of this current regime) A wandering existence that eventually must take a violent stand in hopes of a future that holds integrity as sacred?" When I read that line I thought that that is very much what I want for my kids and grand kids, a future that holds integrity as sacred. The characters in Roll Call are willing to pay any price to provide that future.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Can't Wait for Book #2 By Renee Spicuzza I absolutely love getting into a book that is connected by means of a trilogy or set because my devotion to characters can live on in future pieces of literature, which is just one reason behind why I liked this book. Roll Call follows Avery, a young adult destined to take charge during a post-apocalyptic era where tyranny has run rampant. During her quest to save two comrades, Avery discovers secrets that could change the way in which everyone lives in this newly destroyed world. This book definitely follows an apocalyptic like genre, which I have recently been reading and enjoying because each novel is unique to the genre. The societal systems that Gwen Mansfield has created within Roll Call, as well as the dynamic between characters make for a very interesting plot line that made me question whether or not our future could ever come to such a desolate position. The way in which Mansfield wrote her world is so believable because it is based on habitat destruction, a problem that we face in modern times and this could always become a problem in the future, so the book acts as a gateway towards acknowledgment of some of the changes that need to be enacted while still being a very interesting and entertaining novel.
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