"Cold new world"
When the fossil fuels were used up, the world fell apart.
Some countries used nuclear weapons on their neighbors
while other places used biological weapons. The stock
markets crashed and international trade was severely
crippled worse than what happened during the Great
Depression of 1929. The American and European polities
along with Todakai (Japan and the Koreas) joined together
in the International Cooperative Alliance, an isolationist
organization that has quarantined all nations that don't
belong to their organization. Commander General George Glass of Security Corps rules the
alliance with an iron fist and he is the person that Ebriel
Serique blames for the death of her husband and child. She
is determined to kill him and joins the international
resistance movement to achieve that goal. When the time
comes to kill her enemy, she finds she cannot do it but she
is determined, with the help of some powerful and invisible
allies, to see that his regime is toppled from power. This is the story of a woman who undergoes a metamorphous
from an elitist into a revolutionary, a person who comes to
symbolize to the world that there is a change needed in the
world order. Louise Marley has an uncanny ability to make
the reader feel that the events in THE MAQUISARDE are
really unfolding sort of like turning the pages of the
Neverending Story. The heroine makes mistakes, learns from
them, and gets a second chance at happiness. Readers will
admire her grit, determination, and courage, but mostly
appreciate Ms. Marley's ability to paint a picture of a
world turned much colder and nastier than Dickens' worst
nightmare. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted November 10, 2002
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