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    The Swailing
    The Swailing
    WendyBrant
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    WendyBrant
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    Complete, First published May 18, 2018
    Ember Hadley has spent every sheltered and boring minute of her 17 years in Optima, one of the independent sovereigns formed after the inevitable collapse of the U.S. federal government. Optima fiercely safeguards the health and safety of its citizens to the point where driving is illegal, handshakes are frowned upon, and every bite of food is closely tracked and monitored. To the point where restless Ember often engages in "listed" activities just to prove that she does, indeed, still have a pulse.
        
        When Ember discovers that her mother is not dead, as she has always been told, and that she has a twin brother she doesn't remember, she sets out on a journey to find them. She hires Finn, a travel guide of sorts with his own desperate motives, to help her navigate across the very fractured former United States. After a rocky start of broken trust, they travel together through regions of stubborn extremism including the anarchist West, the consumerist Midwest, the religious South, and the socialist East. Each sovereign has become an unfortunate stereotype, but a stereotype of its own careful design.
        
        Through her search for her lost family, her introduction to unfamiliar cultures, and her emerging relationship with Finn, Ember learns a whole lot about herself, and a little something about love.
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    • dystopian
    • roadtrip
    • romance
    • ya
    • yaromance
    • youngadult
    dystopianroadtripromanceyayaromanceyoungadult
    Table of contents
    • Optima: A Sovereign of Healing
      Sun, May 20, 2018
    • Optima: Listless
      Sun, May 20, 2018
    • Optima: Hungry
      Sun, May 20, 2018
    • Optima: Thirsty
      Sun, May 20, 2018
    • Optima: Guilty
      Mon, May 21, 2018
    • Optima: Curious
      Mon, May 21, 2018
    • Optima: Alone
      Tue, May 22, 2018
    • Optima: Cautious
      Wed, May 23, 2018
    • Optima: Exhausted
      Thu, May 31, 2018
    • Vegas: A Gamble
      Mon, Jun 11, 2018
    • Vegas: A Meal
      Mon, Jun 11, 2018
    • Vegas: A Betrayal
      Mon, Jun 11, 2018
    • The Rockies: Friend
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • The Rockies: Enemy
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • The Rockies: Deal
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • The Rockies: Seduction
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • The Rockies: Target
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • The Alley: Learning
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • The Alley: Crossing
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • Prospera: Too Much
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • Prospera: Too Comfortable
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • Prospera: TatTOO
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • Prospera: Too Drunk
      Wed, Jun 13, 2018
    • Malkut: Married
      Thu, Jun 14, 2018
    • Malkut: Mesmerized
      Thu, Jun 14, 2018
    • Malkut: Miserable
      Thu, Jun 14, 2018
    • Malkut: Misled
      Thu, Jun 14, 2018
    • Malkut: Misplaced
      Thu, Jun 14, 2018
    • ECCO: Entrance
      Fri, Jun 15, 2018
    • ECCO: Enough
      Fri, Jun 15, 2018
    • ECCO: Eighteen
      Fri, Jun 15, 2018
    • ECCO: Evolution
      Sun, Jun 17, 2018
    • ECCO: Exhale
      Mon, Jun 18, 2018
    • ECCO: Embrace
      Tue, Jun 19, 2018
    • Maine: Hello
      Wed, Jun 20, 2018
    • Maine: Goodbye
      Thu, Jun 21, 2018
    • Maine: Running
      Thu, Jun 21, 2018
    • Maine: Knitting
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018
    • Maine: Snowing
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018
    • Home.
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018

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    Ember Hadley has spent every sheltered and boring minute of her 17 years in Optima, one of the independent sovereigns formed after the inevitable collapse of the U.S. federal government. Optima fiercely safeguards the health and safety of its citizens to the point where driving is illegal, handshakes are frowned upon, and every bite of food is closely tracked and monitored. To the point where restless Ember often engages in "listed" activities just to prove that she does, indeed, still have a pulse.
        
        When Ember discovers that her mother is not dead, as she has always been told, and that she has a twin brother she doesn't remember, she sets out on a journey to find them. She hires Finn, a travel guide of sorts with his own desperate motives, to help her navigate across the very fractured former United States. After a rocky start of broken trust, they travel together through regions of stubborn extremism including the anarchist West, the consumerist Midwest, the religious South, and the socialist East. Each sovereign has become an unfortunate stereotype, but a stereotype of its own careful design.
        
        Through her search for her lost family, her introduction to unfamiliar cultures, and her emerging relationship with Finn, Ember learns a whole lot about herself, and a little something about love.

    40 parts

    • Maine: Knitting
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018
    • Maine: Snowing
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018
    • Home.
      Fri, Jun 22, 2018
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