Across the Wire by Stella Telleria
Publication date: November 2013
Genres: Adult, Science Fiction
Synopsis:
When Mia Mitchell, a hardcore but lonely
former Marine, steps into an alley to pull some thugs off an unlucky
foreigner, she walks into a fight she expects. What she doesn’t see
coming is the foreigner making her a job offer any sane person would
refuse. So, she takes it. She thinks she’s headed for some third-world
country; instead she’s mysteriously transported to an Earth-like
parallel world. That’s a mad left-hook.
Mia discovers a matriarchal dystopia
where freedom doesn’t exist and fighting for it means execution. Lethal
force bends all to the law; women fear for their families and un-wed men
suffer slavery. Mia’s job is to train an underground syndicate of male
freedom-fighters for a violent revolution. However, the guys don’t want a
pair of X chromosomes showing them the way.
Eben, an escaped slave, is encouraged by Mia to become a leader among the men. But when he turns his quiet determination on her, it spells F.U.B.A.R. for cynical Mia. Their unexpected connection threatens more than her exit strategy; it threatens the power struggle festering with in the syndicate.
Haunted by nightmares and post-traumatic stress, unsure who to trust or how to get home, Mia struggles to stay alive as she realizes all is not what it seems.
Eben, an escaped slave, is encouraged by Mia to become a leader among the men. But when he turns his quiet determination on her, it spells F.U.B.A.R. for cynical Mia. Their unexpected connection threatens more than her exit strategy; it threatens the power struggle festering with in the syndicate.
Haunted by nightmares and post-traumatic stress, unsure who to trust or how to get home, Mia struggles to stay alive as she realizes all is not what it seems.
AUTHOR BIO:
All my life I’ve dreamed of stories
or have had my nose buried in one. I live in Edmonton, Canada with my
husband and my weird sense of humor.
I love old war movies, dystopian
fiction, and any story with action, a good plot, and characters I'd get
into a fight at the pub for. Not that I'm a brawler or anything. Unless
you think that out-of-print book or vintage piece at the thrift shop is
going home with you instead of me. Then, my friend, the gloves are off.
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Meet
the Characters
At 26, Mia
Mitchell has had her fair share of tragedy.
During her first tour in Iraq, she was badly injured in more than
just the physical department. A few tours later, an emotionally
detached Mia is honorably discharged from the Marines and struggles
to remember what life should feel like. Nightmares and PTSD are all
she knows and the motto “keep moving” has kept her afloat amidst
the psychological storm following her.
When
she’s approached by Vuri, a strange man with an agenda of his own,
she decides to take on the stranger’s cause. A cause that will take
her to the parallel world of Gaia and into an entirely different
fight. A fight that highlights the holes in her life and helps her
find the softer side she thought died in a ranger grave long ago.
I’ve
always envisioned Rhona Mitra as Mia. She’s just so believable in
that kick-ass hardcore female role.
Vuri,
a middle-aged foreigner, approaches Mia on the streets of San
Francisco with an offer she finds both interesting and mysterious. He
offers Mia the opportunity to teach self-defense and her other
survival skills to a group of refugees whom due to gender and law,
are banned from such teachings. She is skeptical but is convinced by
Vuri she is perfect for the job.
Vuri is
from Gaia, a parallel world where women rule, men are servants, and
all fear the Empress. He is one of four Elders whom are trying to
liberate the male population of his country, Beyal. He is cunning,
manipulative, and no one knows much of his past except for his
refined speech that indicates he’s never been a slave. Mia isn’t
the only one with secrets.
Liam
Neeson, or at least a shorter version of him, would be great for
Vuri. He is a great actor who could easily play the role of friend or
enemy.
Eben’s
name is the perfect description of him; a rock. He is a 28-year-old
slave who has worked in a mine since before he can remember and is
slowly dying from an infection in his lungs common to miners. He had
never examined his life too closely until a fellow slave told him
stories of the outside world.
No longer
content with his life, he dreams of escape even if it means death,
for even death would be a release. But his duty to his childhood
friend and fellow slave, Gavin, keep him from trying. Once freed by
Mia from the mine, he loses all sense of himself. But his keen
intellect and his drive to rise above being a slave have him joining
Mia’s revolution. Eben is the perpetual survivor.
Dwayne
Johnson, AKA the Rock (now there’s a coincidence), would be perfect
for playing the role of Eben. He’s no pretty boy but has a soft
side most might not notice.
Gavin,
childhood friend of Eben, is a 24-year-old labor slave. Gavin has
always had his way with the female sentries at the mine, earning him
perks others covet. But Gavin has always relied upon Eben for
protection from the other male slaves. After all, his smart mouth is
always getting him in trouble. Sold to the mine as a child, unlike
Eben, Gavin remembers his previous life and is bitter and cynical
about everything as a result.
Once freed
from the mine by Mia, Gavin cannot understand Eben’s desire to
overcome his slave origins and challenge society’s doctrine. He
thinks he and Eben should just look out for themselves, but it isn’t
long before Gavin’s ideas start to change as well. These once
friends find themselves being pulled apart as their desires have them
challenging each other. Freedom isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Alex
Pettyfer is the charismatic, blond pretty-boy I’ve envisioned for
Gavin from the start.
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