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Drought

By: Pam Bachorz
Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
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Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation.... Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Escape from struggling to gather the life-prolonging Water that keeps the Congregants alive - and Darwin rich. Escape from her certain, dreary existence, living as if it's still the early 1800s, when the Congregation was first enslaved. But if Ruby leaves, the Congregation will die without the secret ingredient to the Water: her blood. So she stays, and prays to their savior Otto, who first gave Water to the Congregants... and fathered Ruby before he vanished.

When the Congregants discover Ruby's forbidden romance with an Overseer, they beat Ford to stop her from running away with him. Ruby steals their store of Water to save Ford's life and is banished. Ruby has everything she's dreamed of: a modern life with Ford. But the modern world isn't what she thought it would be, and Ruby can't forsake the Congregation. Love and loyalty push Ruby to return and fight for her family's freedom... at a terrible price.

©2011 Pam Bachorz (P)2011 Audible, Inc. Difficult Situations Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy
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This is the story of Ruby, condemned to a life of slavery along with the rest of her congragation while they pray for their saviour's return. Ruby is precious. It is her blood that sustains the congragation and helps them endure their suffering, but things are only growing worse, and there is no saviour in sight. This is a harrowing account of life as a slave, and the author certainly doesn't hold back. Forbidden love adds an extra dimension to the story, and Ruby knows that whatever decisions she makes will impact not only herself but those around her. This is a gripping tale of love, loyalty and hardship, but it's a novel of self discovery too. I think this author will be one to watch.

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