Green Fields (Book 10): Uprising:
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That said, he dropped what was left of the joint and ground it out with the heel of his boot, and without another word walked away, leaving me standing there, quite stunned.
No. That couldn’t be true. My first thought was denial. After that came the urge to yell after him what was up with his people and putting things up my privates that I hadn’t consented to. Then came paranoia—why was he telling me this now? I knew that if I asked the Ice Queen—who was the first, and likely only, person I’d want to discuss this with, at least until I made up my mind. I already knew what she would tell me: it was a distraction, plain and simple. The most effective way of taking me out of the game—as in making me want to drop out and never come play again. And last, almost drowned out by the cacophony of thoughts and ideas racing through my mind, there was a flicker of hope, so small it could be blown out like a candle by a hurricane with just a single word. Did I dare believe him? Could I even let myself, under these circumstances, in this world?
I didn’t know the answer, and I sure as fuck wasn’t going to waste any energy on that now—and even less, tell Nate and add one more heap on his plate that was already too full. But as I turned to go look for someone to give me a more detailed update, I realized that I didn’t need to decide right now—because that flicker had already turned to embers, quietly glimmering away at the very bottom of my soul, impossible to extinguish.
Well, as they say, the only way is forward—and forward I would go.
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I absolutely don’t get what my brother saw in her. Dr. Brianna Lewis, Bree to her friends, cutie pie to her girlfriend. She’s so not his type.
I allow myself a momentary smirk at reducing a woman whose academic credentials are longer than her name to her appearance. I’m sure she must love that whenever it happens.
Of course, my brother’s interest in her started—and presumably ended, as well—with her intellect. I’ve read her dissertation and all of the scientific publications that she has to her name, but understanding is a different thing. That’s why she has a PhD, and I’m the product of the research she was hired to work on—presumably. That I can’t say this with certainty has been irking me for months.
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Acknowledgments
Wow, this book was a tour-de-force start to finish!
First off, thanks where thanks is due—my editor and beta readers, who are the best, and still talk to me after getting through this tome of a book! You have my eternal gratitude!
I pretty much wrote the book in a little over 1.5 months, with 3 months from the end of chapter one to uploading the polished version to Amazon. It’s the second longest novel I’ve written, and it sets up what I consider to be the final trilogy that will make up the Green Fields series (if you want, you can split the books up into a a sequence of trilogies, theme and plot-wise). I absolutely loved writing it—whatever that says about the state of my mind.
As you probably know already, I’ve started my own Patreon last summer, and I’m happy to report that I’ve had a blast writing a novella / short story each month and providing some extra behind-the-scenes content. If that sounds interesting to you, why not check it out here? But no worries—you won’t be missing any vital information for the novels if you only read those. Patreon has become a happy, little side project for me that has kept me surprisingly motivated and productive since the release of the last book.
And now, there are only two more books in the Green Fields series remaining! As you are reading this, I’m likely already writing on book #11. I hope you’re just as excited about it as I am!
Thank you so much for sticking with me, Bree, Nate, and the gang—let’s get the last leg of the journey started!
About the Author
Adrienne Lecter has a background in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, loves ranting at inaccuracies in movies, and spends increasingly more time at the shooting range. She lives with the man and two cats of her life in Vienna, Austria and is working on the next books in the Green Fields series.
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Books published
Green Fields series
#1: Incubation
#2: Outbreak
#3: Escalation
#4: Extinction
#5: Resurgence
#6: Unity
#7: Affliction
#8: Catharsis
#9: Exodus
#10: Uprising
On Patreon:
The Prequel (How Bree met Nate - August 2018)
Cody (September 2018)
Training Day (October 2018)
Aftermath (November 2018)
Gone (December 2018)
Done (January 2019)
An End And A Beginning (February 2019)
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