By Rivera Sun
In a time that looms round the nook of this present day, less than a meeting typhoon of tyranny, Zadie Byrd grey whirls into the lifetime of small city reporter Charlie Rider and asks him to develop into the voice of the Dandelion revolt. With the rallying cry of lifestyles, liberty, and love, Zadie and Charlie fly throughout the US leaving a wake of revolution of their direction. ardour erupts. possibility abounds. The lives of hundreds of thousands hold via a skinny thread of braveness. Betrayal and intrigue abound, yet in the middle of the insanity, the golden soul of humanity blossoms . . . and miracles begin to spread! writer Rivera sunlight creates mythic characters from daily humans. She infuses the tale of our occasions with sensible ideas and visionary views, drawing the reader right into a global either terrifying and encouraging . . . an international that may be our personal!
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Along the coasts, the rivers spilled their banks and the oceans attacked the shores. Humanity marched onward despite these warnings. The earth was ravaged without distinction. Mountains crumbled. Lakes vanished. Forests fell. Prairies burned. Black plumes filled the sky. The bodies of the birds lined the highways of migration. The little bird struggled over fallow fields where the poisoned farmlands held no food. Failed crops mocked her hungry eyes. Urban scavengers congregated over dumpsters. Human children fought rats for rotten produce.
I am the boy's oldest blood relative," he announced, frowning severely as if preparing to give or withhold his benediction upon his grandson's proposed marriage. Valier pondered Zadie solemnly, shaking his head. Matt and Rick muttered something about hurrying it up . . the boy weighed more than a barrel of potatoes. "Yes," Valier continued, "the boy has pleaded his case. He is headstrong. He wants to go forward with this. It is foolish. " Charlie held his breath, realizing that Valier was talking not about the imagined elopement, but about the Dandelion Insurrection.
We have survived Federalists, Populists, Whigs, Tories, Know-Nothings, Democrats, and Republicans, alike. The English rounded us up and drove us away, but we returned. They tried to suppress our religion, but by the grace of God, it remains. The Americans whipped us for speaking French, but - " He paused, looking around proudly. " French is spoken here. It was their motto, their creed. Wrinkled hands leapt into applause. Lined palms slapped the tables' edges. Old shoes pounded the floor. Fists curled approvingly on knees.
