Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Shadow Children Series – Book Five

Ratings Explanation

Violence: Mark, Luke’s brother is electrocuted by a live wire fence while trying to sneak into Population Police Headquarters.  He is knocked unconscious and taken prisoner and then locked in a cage in the basement.  A mob of starving people push a truck over in an attempt to locate food.  Mark, a passenger, sustains a severely broken leg.  A drive by shooting by food smugglers results in the smuggler’s corpses shown on tv, as a warning to other would be smugglers.  A badly beaten prisoner is loaded into the back of a truck, the driver, Trey, is not sure if it is a corpse or a living human.

Adult Themes: Lack of food for the population of the country is an underlying theme throughout this series.  The existence of third-born children have been blamed for the people’s hunger. As governing power changes hands casualties abound.   An attempted coup by the shadow children against the ruling Population Police is a violent and courageous undertaking.

Synopsis

A crisis hits and the safety of all third-born children has been severely threatened.  Trey, who is a brilliant intellectual, with very little real world experience has been thrust into a role as a pivotal decision maker, a role he is wary to play.  Trey’s new role leads him to experience the danger of traveling to the Population Police Headquarters with Luke’s brother, Mark as they attempt to rescue Luke who is a prisoner of the Population Police.  This nonstop adventure puts all three boys in danger and risks exposing the underground movement to help all shadow children.

The tempo of the series really picks up with “Among the Brave”, a suspenseful and gripping read.

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