Resistance (Divided Elements #1) – Mikhaeyla Kopievsky 


 

Winner of a OneBookTwo Standout Award

From the moment you are born, you are conditioned to know this truth: Unorthodoxy is wrong action, Heterodoxy is wrong thought. The first will lead to your Detention. The second to your Execution.

A century from now, the walled city-state of a future Paris is enjoying its Golden Age. The horrors of the Singularity forgotten, citizens revel in an intoxicating mix of abandon and apathy made possible by the Orthodoxy—a new world order where everything is engineered for maximum efficiency, including identities. Dividing the population into four neuro-social classes has allowed the government to maintain control and ensure its citizens exist in complete equality, fraternity, and liberty. But, not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.

When forbidden murals start appearing on crumbling concrete walls, Anaiya—a Peacekeeper of the Fire class—is selected for a high-risk undercover mission to bring down those behind the growing rebellion. With her mind realigned from her disciplined Fire identity to the irrational and unpredictable Air, Anaiya is able to infiltrate the resistance movement and grow closer to its members. But, with her dual nature pulling her in opposite directions and her mind fracturing under the pressure, her convictions start to waver and her hold on the truth to slip.

As the rebellion grows and the city descends into chaos, Anaiya is left with a fatal choice: stay loyal to her mission, or risk it all for her new identity and the resistance that has shown her a different truth.

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Subgenres: Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Genetic Engineering

Date first published:  January 20, 2017

On Kindle Unlimited: No

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Author Information

Twitter: @MikhaeylaK

Website: https://mikhaeylakopievsky.com/

Biography: Mikhaeyla Kopievsky is an Australian speculative fiction author. She is the author of the Divided Elements series and an upcoming gothic novel set in Tasmania. She was longlisted for the 2019 EJ Brady Short Story Competition for her piece, Grasshopper. Mikhaeyla is an administrator of the Australian Speculative Fiction facebook page and a developmental editor with their Deadset Press imprint. Born in Sydney, she now lives in the Hunter Valley with her husband, son, two rescue dogs, four Australorp chooks, a hive of cantankerous bees, and the occasional herd of beautiful Black Angus steers. When she is not writing or reading, Mikhaeyla enjoys cooking with the produce harvested from her kitchen garden, going to the beach, stargazing, and training to be a ninja.

Other information

Cover artist name: Ethan Scott

Cover artist website: https://www.facebook.com/EthanScottIllustration

Editor/Formatter’s name: Kate O'Donnell

Editor/Formatter’s website: http://linecreative.com.au/editing/