Standing - Softcover

Namaste, Meghan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495315746 ISBN 13: 9781495315749

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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What will it take for us to make a stand? After years of poverty and oppression Kate Lawson makes a bold move that takes her from the slums to government headquarters. Securing a position as Social Media Consultant, she has protection from the increasingly violent weather while maintaining the freedom to travel all that remains of nature: the inhospitable, not-quite-tamable sections known as wasteland. Against all odds, Kate discovers the last living tree. Sheltered by the land, it has survived where nothing else has. Kate falls in love with the tree that her supporters dub Malcolm, while Ryan, a tech genius harboring his own guilt about the fall of nature only has eyes for Kate. His instinct is to keep Malcolm under wraps, but Kate has another idea: make a stand, and take the power back. Using her way with words and Ryan’s grasp of technology, Kate’s campaign builds momentum. But when Kate’s imprisoned, everything rests on Ryan’s shoulders. Can he break her out of headquarters, an imposing windowless structure where government employees must rely on GPS to find their way? And an even more pressing question looms: will Malcolm still be standing?

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What if we destroyed everything, except for one tree? In a harsh examination of what will happen if we continue on the track we are on, the world is run by soulless corporations. The fortunate ones, those aligned with the government, are housed in towering windowless concrete structures reinforced to withstand the increasingly violent weather. The working people are beaten down, with no fight left in them. Poverty and famine have reduced them to mere shells. When that last tree is discovered, the people guard it with their lives. Led by Kate Lawson, a young visionary balancing a treacherous double life - both working for and fighting against the government - they rise up against those who have led them to ruin. Standing explores a potent question in these times: what will it take for us to make a stand? As it delves into a shattered world of our making. Spare and effective, Standing illustrates the dire effect of complacency, the perils of effecting change, and ultimately, the power of the written word.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1495315746
• ISBN 13: 9781495315749
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252