First Girl

In a dystopian future, Gabi's worldview shatters when she learns of the crimes committed in the name of religion. She throws in with a group of misfits to expose the truth and claim her own power. "Some things are worth fighting for: a sense of identity, personal freedom, truth, and new love--even in a society that forbids them. In the aftershocks of catastrophic climate change, the fundamentalist Christian group Unitas seized the opportunity to grab power in the United States. Gabi's father, Sam Lowell, is one of the most powerful men on the Unitas council ... and his sickly daughter's hero, until Gabi discovers the horrors being carried out in the name of religion. Gabi's mission to expose Unitas will take her into the company of misfits and dissidents and beyond the borders of everything she knows as her life is threatened at every turn. Along the way, she uncovers her true origins and astonishing power, along with a ruthless dictatorship masquerading as a benevolent democracy that will stop at nothing--including playing God--to win the game of survival."--Publisher description In the battle for liberty, love, and truth, will Gabis frail body prove her greatest weaknessor her ultimate strength? Humankinds disregard for nature has finally caught up with it, and the United States is no more. In its place, an authoritarian Christian organization called Unitas rules with an iron fistwhile perpetuating the illusion of a faith-based democracy. At the head of the council, and high in his daughter Gabis esteem, is Sam Lowell. But when Gabi learns of the unscrupulous plots justified by religion, her worldview shatters as she throws in with a group of misfits and malcontents to expose the truth. But before they can change their ravaged world, they need to survive it. On their quest Gabi learns her part in Unitass plansincluding the crimes committed against her and the power shes inheritedand just how far Unitas will go to hold on to the power it has stolen.