2036 The Final Resistance

America has become a theocratic fascist state, and there’s only one way to save it. After fifteen years of global isolationism, widespread bombings, and the leadership of a fanatical dictator, life has changed. Protests are memories, lies are truth, the free press is gone, and tolerance is exchanged for torture. A silent desperation falls over Washington, DC and the entire United States.

Kathryn Foster had marched the marches and waved the signs, and she’d once fantasized about using her Power to stop the seeds of fascism before they took root. But she’s horrified with her violent thoughts and hopes for the best instead. When she’s assaulted a few years later, her Power fails. Pregnant, her options are illegal and risky, and she decides to carry the child rather than let the violence destroy her. With her Iranian-American friend Maheen’s help, she fights her revulsion and lovingly raises her daughter, Regina.

As conditions worsen, her buried rage emerges as she longs to do something, anything, to stop the destruction of her country. And twelve years later, the Resistance reorganizes into an army of Power. Kathryn’s Power. Regina’s Power. Maheen’s Power. But the organizer is not only a well-known politician, he’s also one of the perpetrators and Regina’s father. He tries to make amends, but Kathryn can barely look at him. It’s America’s last chance for freedom, and it’s kill or be killed. Can she trust him?

Leah McClellan focuses on strong female characters with lives, goals, and interests besides men (even if they’re burning up over someone). She holds a BA and MA in English literature, and her poetry has been published in literary journals such as Cimarron Review. Originally from the snowy hinterlands west of Philadelphia, she now enjoys long bike rides on sunny Florida trails.