Title: The Camellia Resistance
Author: A.R. Williams
Genre: Dystopian, Urban Fantasy
The Camellias is a trilogy set in the New
Republic of America. It all starts with Willow Carlyle, a committed employee of
the Ministry of Health.When she gives into temptation in the fall of 2044, she
is completely unprepared for the consequences. Unemployed and isolated, Willow
struggles to make sense of her sudden downfall. An encounter with a member of
the Camellias, a resistance group living outside the bounds of
Ministry-approved regulation, immerses her in a world she didn't know
existed.As Willow learns more about her personal history, she uncovers a secret
that rocks the Ministry of Health to its core.
Author
Bio
A.R. Williams is
obsessed with language and myth, not just playing with words and making up
stories, but with the real-world impact that the words we use have on the way
we live our lives. Words are the only things that never get boring, an
endless puzzle with no right answer, and an infinite variety of ways to get
wrong. Writing is the only thing she has wanted to do consistently: other
hobbies, such as sewing and photography, become alternate means to feed the
writing habit. Ms. Williams feeds her obsession with curiosity: people, philosophy,
technology, psychology, and culture. Living in Washington D.C. is a good
source of inspiration. From the sublime heights of arts and achievement
available for free at the Smithsonian to the bureaucratic banality of Beltway
politics and scandals, it is a great city for fantasy, possibility, power, and
consequence—ideal fodder for the fictional life.
As a teenager, Ms. Williams drove her parents crazy with her taste for adventure. Her father questioned her taste in crushes once and she told him “don’t worry, it will just give me something to write about later.” That approach eventually led to a cross-cultural marriage that failed spectacularly – not on the promise of love but on the reality of trying to negotiate contradictory assumptions about everything. The subsequent divorce, combined with her emergence from a conservative Christian subculture, eventually evolved into the first book in the Camellia Trilogy. Ms. Williams lives in-between an ordinary external life filled with time cards, meetings, and deadlines; and an extraordinary imaginary world where anything is possible, and everything is fueled by music. Language is our only means to bridge the distance between ourselves and others. Imagination, the co-creation that happens between a writer and reader, is alchemy. It is an aspiration that never gets old.
From an eclectic mix of upbringing, genetics, experience, and the best possible luck in friends and family, Ms. Williams writes with the hope of doing for others what her favorite authors did for her: provide company through difficult days and create a sense of wonder and possibility when everything seems limited by circumstances.
Links
Author Links -Website- http://entropy.wordpress.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Camellia-Trilogy/276922695801249
Twitter - @entrope
Buy Links - http://www.amazon.com/The-Camellia-Resistance-Camellias-ebook/dp/B00AXMRPL2/
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