Tor Maddox: Unleashed

by Liz Coley

Overview

Introducing Tor Maddox, a heroine for our times
"I know that one day, I'm going to have to live in the real world. I'd like it to be a decent one." - Tor

Book I
Tor Maddox: Unleashed
When sixteen-year-old Torrance Olivia Maddox, self-confessed news junkie, figures out that the mysterious and deadly New Flu is being spread by dogs, she has one question—if the danger is that obvious to her, why hasn't the government revealed the truth and taken action? Her search for the answer will take her farther than she ever imagined. But then again, she never imagined that man's best friend could become public enemy number one, that men in black might show up in her cozy suburban neighborhood, that she'd spend her sixteenth birthday as a teenaged runaway, and that her effort to save one dog would become a mission to save them all.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152622812
Publisher:	Liz Coley
Publication date:	02/09/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	559 KB

About the Author

Author Liz Coley remembers the teen years more vividly than she remembers what she had for breakfast. Her stories feature teens creating lives of consequence, teens whose choices make a difference for themselves, for others, and even for the world. Strangely enough (or not) adults love reading these stories, too.

Liz has written a lot of novels. Where are they? Pretty Girl-13 has been published in 12 translations on 5 continents. Out of Xibalba and the Tor Maddox series can be found on Smashwords and other ebook distributors; the others are waiting to see the light. Her short stories, all science fiction/fantasy, have appeared in several anthologies as well Cosmos Magazine.

For more, please visit at lizcoley.com.

Editorial Reviews

2015-09-03
A teenage girl uncovers a shadowy conspiracy threatening the nation's dogs in this YA thriller. Torrance Olivia Maddox—called Tor—is about to turn 16. Her main concerns: getting the pas de deux in the holiday ballet show, studying vocabulary, hanging with friends, and following CNN obsessively. At the dog park with her dog, Cocoa, she meets a cute guy but soon learns that both the young man and his dog died suddenly of an unknown type of influenza. Spurred by an anonymous blogger ("Are you aware that Man's Best Friend just became Public Enemy Number One?") and CNN's coverage of the dangerous new flu strain, she begins investigating. Her research and intelligent deductions convince her that dogs are the vector, yet the authorities say nothing. She writes an angry email to CNN and men in black start tailing her; meanwhile, the government mandates "protective isolation" for dogs in affected areas. But what Tor witnesses convinces her that most of the dogs are healthy and that people aren't getting their dogs back. She decides to take action, putting herself and Cocoa at risk. The smart, curious, funny Tor is an appealing young heroine. Although, she's not entirely realistic—she's a 5-foot-10-inch ballerina whose only "flaw" is a casual sense of style. Her friends "beg [her] to put on the micro styles that make them hate their own thighs." The plot is suspenseful and balances the thrills with some laughs. However, Coley (Tor Maddox: Mistaken, 2015, etc.), asks readers to believe that millions of dog owners would obediently surrender their healthy, beloved pets to the government and ask no questions, a stretch at best. Also, the huge number of pets that die here is off-putting in the extreme. A bright, resourceful heroine makes her mark in this first novel with a shaky, brutal premise.

Kirkus Reviews