Revolution Rising: Rebirth
By
Sarah Snyder
Copyright © 2017
www.authorsarahsnyder.wordpress.com
Introduction
Our society’s constant desire for more – more technology, more money, more power, more freedoms – shows our continuing desire to reach utopia. Unfortunately, utopia was never meant to be a reachable goal as it’s Greek roots suggest; it is no-place. It is the nature of humanity to believe in better than we have – in short, we have hope. It is this hope which allows us to face impossible odds.
Hope is what keeps us from pressing that alarm more than five times in the morning – it’s why we toss off the warm blankets, put bare feet on the cold floor, and face the day.
Hope keeps us on our feet while we work a full-time job, go to school, raise kids, pay bills, maintain social relationships, and still get the laundry done every night – maybe not put away, but there are worse things than living out of a laundry basket.
There will always be some among us who can’t see beyond their own perception – who don’t care how many other dreams are crushed in the pursuit of their own – but I believe in the fundamental goodness of humanity. I believe there are enough good people in this world to make a difference.
This series focuses on the impossibilities of utopia, the positive and negative sides of hope, and finding a way to overcome any obstacle. By working together, accepting our individual biases, opening ourselves to other perspectives, and looking forward instead of back, humanity will rise.
The sky is no longer our limit – we proved this fact decades ago when man landed on the moon. Our only limitations are what we place on ourselves.
Dedication
This novella is intended for release on November 12th, 2017
In tribute to four of the most significant events of my life:
November 12th, 1956 for my father’s birthday;
Barry Loreman
November 12th, 1957 for my mother’s birthday;
Mary Loreman
I would not be here if not for you; literally and figuratively.
November 12th, 2009 for the day I met my husband;
Timothy Snyder
You have loved and supported me in every choice I’ve made without hesitation; meeting you changed my life for the better and I am grateful every day to have you beside me.
November 12th, 2017 for the last day of classes toward my Master’s degree through
Southern New Hampshire University
I have improved so much – as a writer, an artist, a teacher, and a person – and have enjoyed every moment of my time with this program. I have met many amazing artists, educators, and mentors who will continue to influence and inspire me long beyond this moment.
Special Thanks To:
My cover model,
Dustin Beaver
For enduring cold weather, many location changes, and my camera’s slow shutter speed.
In honor of Dustin, a portion of the profits from this novella will be donated to the Four Diamonds Fund, which covers medical expenses related to childhood cancer.
To donate, visit https://www.fourdiamonds.org
Danielle Beaver Wissler
for bribing her brother to model for me and babysitting while we took photos.
Toni McConaghie Spahr
For bringing my alien landscape to life.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Dedication
Special Thanks To:
Table of Contents
Legal Notes
Chapter 1. Nightfall
Chapter 2. Passion
Chapter 3. Purpose
Chapter 4. Progress
Chapter 5. Promise
About The Author
Other Books By Sarah Snyder
Legal Notes
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Revolution Rising: Rebirth
Copyright © 2017 Sarah Snyder
Self-publishing
This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author / publisher.
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 9781973202868
Imprint: Independently published
Chapter 1. nightfall
Once known only by a series of coordinates through an Earth-bound telescope, the alien world now held another name: Flamouria. Only half the size of their birth planet, this new world did not allow the space required for peaceful human cohabitation. Violence flooded the desserts and valleys, infested the forests, and pooled in the rocky outcroppings of mountains. Increasingly acidic rains and rising marshes buried humanity’s hate in shallow, muddy graves, allowing a thin veneer of ignorant denial. The planet grew slick and unstable, streams of mud grating through the ditches and valleys of her surface. Land formed over generations of untouched evolution, decimated in an instant of sliding solid soil. An unnatural stillness settled, as if the night were holding its breath lest it disturb the veil. It would only take a moment, a movement; a minute spark to ignite the inferno resting beneath the serene.
Chapter 2. passion
Mist coiled over the curves and hollows of the alien landscape, caressing parched scrub trees and sparse green fronds of grass patches with her vaporous kiss. Two moons struggled to breach the fog, their jealousy igniting the dampened, black hair of the human who did as they could not. His hardened body – untouched by war, but strengthened through survival – moved confidently through the shadows. The gray storm in his eyes sparked with electric fury, sharpening the atmosphere and threatening to ignite the tension beneath the calm.
Sawyer Hale crossed the narrow, dirt road connecting the East and West gates, curving to meet him as if warning him away from his destination. The human dwellings – depressing boxes of gray metal and bolts, squatted in uninspired, uniformed rows – offered a modicum of protection from the elements
