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The Dark Intercept - by Julia Keller (Paperback)

The Dark Intercept - by  Julia Keller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b><i>The Dark Intercept</i> by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Julia Keller is the beginning of a "riveting"* science fiction adventure that challenges the voluntary surrender of liberties for the perception of safety. </b> <p/><i>When the state controls your emotions, how hard will you fight to feel free?</i> <p/>In a radiant world of endless summer, the Intercept keeps the peace. Violet Crowley, the sixteen-year-old daughter of New Earth's Founding Father, has spent her life in comfort and safety. Her days are easy thanks to the Intercept, a crime-prevention device that monitors emotion. But when her long-time crush, Danny Mayhew, gets into a dangerous altercation on Old Earth, Violet launches a secret investigation to find out what he's hiding. An investigation that will lead her to question everything she's ever known about Danny, her father, and the power of the Intercept. <p/>Much like the device itself, <i>The Dark Intercept </i>will get under your skin. <p/>"A rare, literary feat." --Gennifer Albin, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Crewel World trilogy <p/>"<i>The Dark Intercept </i>grabbed me from the first page and shook me until the last." --*Emmy Laybourne, author of <i>Berserker</i> <p/><b><i>The Dark Intercept </i>is a Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Excellence in Children's and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable List selection!</b> <p/>The Dark Intercept<br>#1 <i>The Dark Intercept</i><br>#2 <i>Dark Mind Rising</i><br>#3 <i>Dark Star Calling</i><br><i>The Tablet of Scaptur</i> (novella)</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A dazzling, thought-provoking vision of the future that raises the question: Is safety worth the sacrifice of freedom?" --<i>Booklist</i> <p/>"<i>The Dark Intercept </i>grabbed me from the first page and shook me until the last. A riveting and suspenseful story of love, risk, and betrayal." --EMMY LAYBOURNE, author of <i>Berserker, Sweet, </i> and the Monument 14 trilogy <p/>"A chilling and thought-provoking look at the power of weaponized emotion." --MELISSA LANDERS, author of the Alienated trilogy <p/>"Both cautionary and hopeful--a rare, literary feat." --GENNIFER ALBIN, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Crewel World trilogy <p/>"A stormy, spine-tingling ride in which everything remembered and once felt in your life can be used against you." --BLUE BALLIETT, author of <i>Chasing Vermeer</i> <p/>"<i>The Dark Intercept</i> goes straight to the heart of why privacy matters in today's world. Keller has written an accessible coming-of-age adventure where the teenage protagonist comes to understand the consequences of living in a society that monitors everyone's emotions, including her own." --MICHAEL C. ROBINSON, Chair of the American Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee's Privacy Subcommittee <p/>"Julia Keller writes so viscerally that she takes the readers with her into the worlds she has created. The Intercept is a fascinating springboard which she uses to explore the importance of feelings, and how they affect our lives and choices." --BETSY FRASER, Selector, Calgary Public Library (Alberta, Canada), and 2016 YALSA/ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Service to Young Adults Achievement Award-winner</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>JULIA KELLER, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and former cultural critic at the <i>Chicago Tribune</i>, is the author of many books for adults and young readers, including <i>A Killing in the Hills</i>, the first book in the Bell Elkins series and winner of the Barry Award for Best First Novel, and <i>The Dark Intercept</i>. Keller has a Ph.D. in English literature from Ohio State and was awarded Harvard University's Nieman Fellowship. She was born in West Virginia and lives in Ohio.

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