Submerged (Outbreak #1)
by Nicole Sobon
Release Date:
02/14/13
Summary from
Goodreads:
After a
mysterious virus makes its way into the United States, the government demands
that states seal themselves off from one another and do their best to protect
their surviving residents. When the state of Florida is bordered off from the
surrounding states, Taylen Fincher, a seventeen-year-old girl with a yearning
for her former life finds herself wondering how much of what they’ve been told
is true.
When Troum took control of the state, he told the residents that the other states had fallen to the virus and that he wouldn’t allow the same thing to happen to them. But Taylen doesn’t believe it. She insists that there is still life outside of the state, and she is going to do whatever it takes to prove it… but her actions will cost her more than she ever expected.
Troum kidnaps Taylen’s sister, Penelope, in hopes of coaxing her into behaving – into being a submissive resident, much like the others. But Taylen isn’t one to give in that easily.
Eager to rescue her sister, Taylen will set out on an adventure that’ll force her to open her heart to the unexpected and to uncover secrets that will change everything.
SUBMERGED is the first book in a YA dystopian duology.
When Troum took control of the state, he told the residents that the other states had fallen to the virus and that he wouldn’t allow the same thing to happen to them. But Taylen doesn’t believe it. She insists that there is still life outside of the state, and she is going to do whatever it takes to prove it… but her actions will cost her more than she ever expected.
Troum kidnaps Taylen’s sister, Penelope, in hopes of coaxing her into behaving – into being a submissive resident, much like the others. But Taylen isn’t one to give in that easily.
Eager to rescue her sister, Taylen will set out on an adventure that’ll force her to open her heart to the unexpected and to uncover secrets that will change everything.
SUBMERGED is the first book in a YA dystopian duology.
Excerpt:
“Milo,
can I ask you something?” I asked, lifting my hand to my lip.
“Not
here.” He looked back at Penelope and signaled for me to follow him
outside. “Come on.”
I
followed Milo out of the Hovercopter, nearly running into him when he
stopped suddenly at the end of the walkway. “If you’re wondering
if I knew, I didn’t,” he paused, lowering himself onto the
ground, “My parents were faithful followers, unwilling to believe
things could only get worse after the Outbreak. Though I can’t say
much, after all, I was just as naive as they were.”
You
weren’t the only one,
I thought.
“I
had a twin sister,” he said after a moment of silence.
“What
happened to her?”
“She
died.” He lowered his head as if not sure he wanted to discuss it,
but he continued, “Our parents insisted that we join the guard on
our seventeenth birthday. She did her best to follow Troum, but over
time, she began to grow tired of fighting for a system that clearly
didn’t care for its people. She’d spent most of her time serving
the Widowed Sector, where she met a boy her age.”
“They
fell in love,” I said, knowing exactly where this story was headed.
“I
don't think that it was love. I’d say it was longing more than
anything,” he corrected. “She knew what would happen if she began
a relationship with a resident, especially one from the Widowed
Sector, but she didn’t care.”
“What
was her name?” I took a seat next to Milo, resting my head in my
hand.
“Miranda,”
he said, smiling. “She was a lot like you, you know.”
“I’m
not entirely sure that is a good thing.”
“It
is.” Milo reached for my hand.
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