Acolytes (Enclaves, #1)

by Nel Franks

Overview

For Gaia, Tomma and Rosie, their cheerful childhood in the Female Enclave has hidden darker truths. Inducted at puberty into the Acolytes, they gradually discover the rigid restrictions and brutality that control the lives of every woman in the Encalve. The rigid controls and the Goddess fertility religion were introduced when the Enclave was founded, over one hundred years earlier, in response to the horrific pandemic that nearly wiped out the human population. And now those restrictions force Gaia to choose between her self and her loyalty to her sister-friends. For Tomma, it's about family, partners and children, all of which are prescribed by the Enclave, and none of them the way she wants. And for traumatised Rosie, the fertility religion's restrictions push her to breaking – the rules, her sanity, and the barriers to her life's research. Each of the three girls is searching for her own true path, and their friendship will be tested beyond its limits. Will the Enclave survive what they must do? 

Acolytes (108000 words) is Book 1 of the Enclaves series by Nel Franks.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165531422
Publisher:	Nel Franks
Publication date:	07/02/2021
Series:	Enclaves
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	508 KB

About the Author

Mostly I write at home in South Australia, close to the most beautiful beach. There have been other locations too – in roadside camps in the desert outback, in tropical towns, and under a few gum trees in National Parks. I love getting immersed in new worlds, through travel, or in books.

Fantasy and science fiction with a dystopian bent are my reading staples. I started writing in school magazines – most of which are lost in time, thank the Goddess. Then I graduated to serious professional journals. Writing fiction is much more fun! Few of the constraints of professional writing apply, except the ones about being lucid, succinct, accurate, informative, fluent and grammatically correct. Oh, and writing for your audience. I hope I’ve achieved that.