Linda Rondeau and Free Books!

The Constitutional Government is about to pass The Fifteenth Article, an act that may enflame a civil war and plunge United Earth into a third dark age.

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And now let's visit with novelist Linda Rondeau, author of the futuristic political thriller, The Fifteenth Article (Elk Lake Publishing, Inc., 2017).

Award-winning author, Linda Wood Rondeau writes to demonstrate our worst past, surrendered to God, becomes our best future. Whether speculative fiction, romance, or suspense, Rondeau’s books tug at the heart as her life-like characters struggle with issues common to the human condition: past, present, or future.

Watch for her upcoming release, Hosea’s Heart. How much does forgiveness require? A minister searches for his drug-addicted runaway wife. When they reunite, she is dying. She wants forgiveness. He seeks purpose. Time is running out. Also published by Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.

A veteran social worker, the author resides in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Please tell us one random thing we might not know about you.

I’m one lucky woman. Since he retired, my spouse of over forty years has decided to become a house husband. I’m royally spoiled.

Excellent! We should all be so blessed.

Please tell us a bit more about the plot of The Fifteenth Article.

The world had slumped into a second dark age due to war, famine, and disease. Eventually, a global democracy called The Accord was formed. Too weak to survive humanity’s greed, United Earth formed a faux democracy called The Constitutional Government, comprised of fourteen articles of confederation, intended to unite the cities and the polluted outworlds.

Edwin Rowlands, current governor of Western America Province, is slated to replace the ailing President. His climb to power will give him the votes to pass his proposed Preservation Act, or The Fifteenth Article. This legislation would make defection to the outworlds, once a right under The Accord, an act of treason, both past and present, punishable by death without trial.

Factions arise in opposition to the proposed legislation and civil war is threatened. Ahmed Fared, Edwin Rowlands’ second, prays to a power higher than he for wisdom to prevent a war that will plunge United Earth into a third dark age.

Fascinating premise, Linda.

What is it about Ahmed that will make your readers care about him?

Ahmed Fared is prince among two worlds. Respected by all the political parties within United Earth’s Constitutional Government, Ahmed is also revered as Ambassador the Western America outworld, led by his adoptive brother Jacob Goodayle.

However, his divided loyalties bring him into conflict with his superior, a deluded dictator who sees himself as mankind’s savior. However, Ahmed knows him to be humanity’s greatest threat.

What does honor require him to do? Caught between loyalties, Ahmed is brought to his knees, and asks for wisdom from a power greater than he.

What initially planned facet of a story or character developed or changed while you wrote?

As this story developed, I saw historic parallels between the American struggle for independence from a tyrannical king and the Western America Province’s struggle to break away from United Earth and form their own government. Jacob Goodayle became a Thomas Jefferson … a philosopher thrust into leadership by the times in which he lived.

What is the last novel you read that you would recommend?

Carol McCain’s Waters of Separation. This book expertly demonstrates the conflict most Christians face in their desire to serve and a past that weighs down their passion.

What are you working on now?

I am currently working on an Adirondack Suspense series for clean general fiction. The first book, Collins Bend Legacy, is completed. A widow is hired by a former lover, a college history professor, to help him research for his book on Adirondack Railroad Development. While researching Railroad tycoon Edwin Wordsworth, they stumble upon clues to unravel the 150-year old mystery of his death and his wife’s disappearance.

Where else can readers find you online?

Readers may visit my website at www.lindarondeau.com. Contact me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus and Goodreads.

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Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?

What do you think makes a story interesting? When do you put a book down, and when are you so intrigued you can’t put it down?

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