“Thank you,” I said.
I ran, leaving her in the darkness. Ali, his face in a panic, appeared around the corner of the alleyway.
“Where the hell have ye been?” He snapped. “No, don’t tell me. Just get the hell in the van. We need to leave. Now.”
“Daniel––”
“They are all okay and in the van. Now move!”
I jumped into the van as the sirens approached, travelling fast. All around us people peeked through their curtains. This was the last I would ever see of the ghettos. This glimpse of cold, vague, slack faces, all gaping in my direction, would be the last I saw of the Blemished. I blinked and they were gone.
Daniel wrapped his good arm around me. He pulled me tight into his chest, so tight that I could barely breathe. “You’re all right,” he whispered into my ear. “I can’t believe you’re all right.
I pulled back and looked at him. “You look terrible.”
“He’s lost a lot of blood,” Mary said. She reached into a pack and took out medical supplies.
I turned to Angela and Sebastian. “Are you both okay?”
Angela wrapped her arms around me. I pushed my head into her shoulder. “I’m glad you made it, Mina.”
“I’m glad too.” I said. “I don’t think I could start a new life without my best friend.”
Sebastian smiled at me shyly as I pulled back from Angela. “I’m glad you’re safe, Mina.”
I sighed. “We all made it.”
“We’re not there yet,” Reg shouted back as he swerved into a tight corner, trying to throw the Enforcers off course.
Mary slapped me on the back. “Let the girl enjoy her moment. We’re past the worst now, lass. In a few days’ time we’ll be in bonnie Scotland. Yer friend here’ll have proper medical treatment and all will be well.”
“You think?”
She smiled. “Ah know so.”
“The Professor will be looking forward to seeing you,” Ali said.
“What?”
“The Professor. That’s yer dad, right?”
“Yes,” I breathed. “He’s in the Clans?”
Ali nodded. “Waiting for ye.”
I felt about to explode with emotion. Tears streamed down my cheeks.
Ali laughed at my stunned expression. “No need to cry, kid. Yer going home to family.”
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Sarah grew up in the middle of nowhere in the countryside of Derbyshire and as a result has an over-active imagination. She has been an avid reader for most of her life, taking inspiration from the stories she read as a child, and the novels she devoured as an adult.
Sarah mainly writes speculative fiction for a Young Adult audience and has had pieces of short fiction published in the Medulla Literary Review, Apex Magazine, PANK magazine and the British Fantasy Society publication Dark Horizons. Her short story ‘Vampires Wear Chanel’ is featured in the Wyvern Publication Fangtales available from Amazon.
The Blemished is Sarah’s debut novel and part of the Blemished series.
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“The Compound bustled with action and anticipation, causing my stomach to do a flip. I stopped in my tracks, realising something, something I hadn't thought of before. We were going to war, and people were going to die.”
The Vanished are the forgotten: those who live beyond law or society. Mina fought for freedom. She fought for a better life – a future. But even a free world can decay.
As Mina begins her new life in the Clans she meets people with surprising knowledge about her power, knowledge that could change everything – even her relationship with Daniel. But as she makes new friends, old friends turn against her in shocking betrayal.
Life in the Compound is tough; there are ways and traditions so strange that Mina begins to suspect foul play at the very heart of her new home. Instead of leaving corruption behind in Area 14, Mina is faced with the rotten core of human nature as a Clan warlord threatens to invade the Compound. The Clans are turning against each other and Mina is stuck in the middle.
The Vanished is the second instalment in the Blemished series and follows Mina’s story as she continues to challenge those in power and seek out new dangers. With even more rebellion, romance and betrayal, The Vanished promises to take the reader on a roller-coaster ride of adventure and emotion.
Will freedom fall?
“I wanted to live. I wanted us to have a future, and there was nothing else on my mind. With Daniel by my side I ran so fast my lungs ached.”
Mina’s world is turned upside down as an important person from her past turns up to take her away from the Compound. She finds herself separated from her friends and facing life-changing decisions on her own.
Meanwhile Daniel is on a mission to find Mina when he becomes involved in the Resistance – along with the rest of the Freaks. His visions take their toll as he learns of an event that could devastate the people he loves the most. Only he can stop it.
Angela finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime as she helps Sebastian find his father in Area 14. After action and adventure on the way there, the group are thrown into another life and death situation... can Angela find a way out?
Fans of the popular YA dystopia series Blemished series will not be disappointed by this thrilling conclusion. It will keep you guessing right up to the very last page.
Trust no one.
In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are labelled Blemished and shunned from society.
Elena Darcey is just as perfect as the other clones, but there is something different about Elena, because she’s in trouble. After helping Area 14’s most famous criminals escape, Elena has to get out before her teacher-- the formidable Margaret Murgatroyd --finds out that she is a sympathiser for the Blemished. The perfect opportunity arises as a beauty pageant promises the winner a trip to London. Will Elena cope with the cut-throat world of a beauty pageant filled with sabotage, violence and betrayal? If she makes it to London, will she find the safe haven she craves? Does she discover more than she'd expected after meeting the mysterious Jake Bloom?
The Fractured is the first part of a spin off series based on The Blemished, which will focus on some of the secondary characters and their stories. Part one follows the life of Elena as she experiences a life changing event.
In a fractured Britain, the Genetic Enhancement Ministry have taken control. Parents buy designer babies and those with genetic faults are labelled Blemished and shunned from society.
Margaret Murgatroyd failed in her mission to capture three Blemished escapees. She fears the Ministry will demote her to full-time teacher and remove her Ministry rights. But Margaret is surprised as she’s given a new opportunity with new responsibilities, the only problem are old memories it brings up. Margaret remembers herself as a young girl, Maggie Powell, and the mistakes she
made as a young lab technician working at the Genetic Enhancement Ministry as it first embarked on its take-over of Britain. She remembers the mistakes she made, the people who betrayed her and the way it shaped her as a woman.
The Fractured is the first part of a spin off series based on The Blemished, which will focus on some of the secondary characters and their stories. Part two follows the life of Margaret as she remembers the heart-breaking events of her past.
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