Provenance Series by V J Kavanagh
Provenance #1
Provenance I - Flee The Bonds
V J Kavanagh
Faced with extinction, scientists pushed the boundaries of genetic
engineering to develop the purest of humans. Unfortunately, they
succeeded. Inequality is no longer a social status, it is a matter of
life or death. Continuity, the privileged minority, have bought the
right to be selected for Provenance and passage to the new world. The
descendents of those unable to afford genetic purification look to the
heavens, their mortality guaranteed by the approaching comet. They are
the Drones, the neglected majority and the founding members of the
Resistance. It is now 2119, and decades of war has created a society
devoid of compassion. Eugenics has reached its zenith, the one million
elite of Continuity await their selection to Provenance, the Drones
await salvation by the Resistance. Both have been deceived. Masked by
the shadow of fear a new species of human plots to take control of
Provenance, and enslave those deemed inferior. Steve is aware his
illicit love for a Drone conflicts with his duty to protect Continuity.
What he doesn't know is that he is the key to humanity's salvation.
Those aware of his latent abilities will stop at nothing to protect him,
for now.
Everyone else will try and kill him. Entangled in a web of deceit and
burdened with the death of his younger brother, the only constant in
Steve's life has been the camaraderie of his close-knit unit, where
friendships are forged in the deadly world of counter-terrorism. A world
where those closest to you are your enemy's most potent weapon. The
first book in the PROVENANCE series, 'Flee the bonds' is an
action-driven sci-fi thriller set in a militaristic dystopia that will
appeal to a wide adult audience. Although written primarily for
entertainment, the story's characters raise questions that could be
relevant in a near-future world.
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