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    Rebel: A Story of Government Tyranny and One Man’s Quest for Justice
    Rebel: A Story of Government Tyranny and One Man’s Quest for Justice
    Rebel: A Story of Government Tyranny and One Man’s Quest for Justice
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    Rebel: A Story of Government Tyranny and One Man’s Quest for Justice

    By J.L. Savage

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    Jack Cordele’s world is shattered when government agents come knocking.

    “Rebel” is the story of one man’s struggle to survive. Transported to a concentration camp and forced to memorize political gibberish at the point of a gun, Recruit Jack Cordele must adapt to an oppressive new world order, or die.

    Rather than die or adapt, Jack rebels and becomes a one man army dedicated to the eradication of government tyranny.

    “Rebel” is a political thriller and contains depictions of graphic violence that may not be suitable for younger readers. This is a “dystopian fiction” novella, and is not a novel length book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ.L. Savage
    Release dateNov 4, 2013
    ISBN9781311694225
    Rebel: A Story of Government Tyranny and One Man’s Quest for Justice
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    J.L. Savage

    Jay Savage lives in California with his wife and two children. Born and raised in the Mojave Desert, and a veteran of both the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Wars, he writes from hands on experience.Jay's books focus on subjects like political suspense, mystery, dystopian fiction, and post-apocalyptic fiction. He may be reached via email at jaysavage@myself.com.

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      Rebel - J.L. Savage

      Rebel

      J.L. Savage

      Copyright 2013 J.L. Savage

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      This book is a work of fiction. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended.

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      Table of Contents

      Recruit

      Apathy

      Edicts

      Section 9

      Memories

      Games

      Potential

      Mission

      Execution

      Rebel

      Recruit

      Death eludes me.

      I am the undead. An outsider. A fugitive. An insurgent. And a renegade.

      They say I’m the kind of man who would sell his own mother up the river for a loaded gun, or offer her head on a platter in exchange for a ten second dance of Protectors pirouetting out of a burning vehicle. The rumors are true, but moot.

      Mom is already dead.

      She died in the fall of the fourth year of an unelected government. I was twenty-three years old the day the Protectors came, and stupid enough to believe their intentions were benevolent.

      Come with us, Chief Protector Filch Boris said and waved me out of the tiny apartment.

      Mother sat slumped on the kitchen floor behind me, a spray of blood, brains, and bone spattered on the small window above the chipped porcelain sink like wet spaghetti. Her hands rested in lifeless repose to her sides.

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