Squad 19

A Short Story from The Tisaian Chronicles

De: Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Narrado por: James Fouhey

Squad 19 is a short story and prequel to the novel - The Biomass Revolution. It can be listened to before, after or as a stand-alone.

Welcome to Tisaia - the last hub of modern civilization, in a world left scorched by the nuclear fires of the Biomass Wars. Surrounded by a fortress of steel walls, and protected by a fierce and loyal Council of Royal Knights, Tisaia seems relatively safe to the average State worker and citizen. A plentiful supply of Biomass powers the cities, and food is abundant, but security has come at a terrible cost. The State will do anything to protect its resources, even if it means suppressing the rights of its citizens and deporting immigrants into the Wasteland - a virtual death sentence.

Sasa is a young immigrant who has been left for dead outside the safety of the Tisaian steel walls. It is only by a dash of luck the rebels find her and bring her back to Camp Salvation in the middle of the Wastelands. She is put to work as a technician, working to purify the camp's water, but more than anything she wants to fight.

Obi Hepe is the commander of Squad 19, the infamous arm of the rebellion. After surviving a ravenous dust storm, he is faced with a tough decision - train Sasa to fight and risk seeing her killed like so many others, or force her to work in a job she hates with no incentive. With the Royal Knights hunting his soldiers into the Wastelands Obi realizes he may not have a choice as he is going to need every gun he can get in a final battle for Camp Salvation.

©2013 Nicholas Sansbury Smith (P)2014 Audible Inc.

great.

this was short and excellent. i have listen to the two shorter novels in this series. enjoyed both of them. going to eventually get the main novel in the series.

Additional short to go along w/ Biomass Revolution

Biomass Revolution was an excellent story, and I have to say the two shorts that go with it gave me such pause to think. This is one of the two shorts

At the heart of these is the theme that we are all the same. In the accompanying shorts, the story of the two soldiers, each so similar in heart, each just on either side of the "fence" that a corrupt society created is still so valid today.

The author claims, "Yes, it was my first full length story. I wrote it at a time when my ideas of the world were still being formed...." His is not an innocent or naive interpretation. It was very deep whether he meant it that way at the time or it was subconscious bleed through. The choice is left to the reader and author to decide. It is an excellent and thought-provoking book along with its two accompanying shorts.