Razor Girl
by
Marianne Mancusi
Post
apocalyptic romance: A Razor Girl doesn't cry, she spits!
Publisher:
Dorchester - Shomi Action Romance (August 2008)
The year is 2036 and the world has changed. Mutated monsters walk the
desolate landscape of South Carolina looking for the last remnants of
mankind. What might have been the imagination of a horror movie now has
become reality. Everyone had made fun of her conspiracy theorist
father, but his fears have become the reality. Her father had seen the
signs of the end days. Government regulation had whittled down civil
rights with all communications monitored to protect society. The
virtual world had become more real than outdoor activities and
neighbors suddenly disappeared never to be seen again. Six years ago,
Molly Anderson and her mother escaped into a bunker, avoiding the
apocalyptic plague that ravaged the earth's inhabitants. With ocular
implant, razor implants and nanotechnology, Molly's father rebuilt her
into a new woman, a woman who can surpass any athlete. Molly is a
superstar ---- a Razor Girl who can fight and outrun and outdo any of
her peers. She doesn't cry, she spits. But what if a girl wants love as
well as saving the world? Can a girl have both?
Emerging from the bunker, Molly meets her childhood friend Chase. Six
years ago, Chase had been a computer nerd. He always had a soft spot
for Molly but she wasn't interested. Chase was the kind of a guy on
whose shoulder a girl cries when love goes bad. Six years and an
apocalypse later, Chase has changed. Now, he is a tough warrior, a man
who fights the monsters, but he is man who may not be all that
trustworthy. He and his brother head up a ragtag group of children, the
last remnants of humanity. Together they plan to lead their tribe to
Disney World, the place where Molly's father believed civilization
would be reborn. Can Molly and Chase brave the now earth-ravaged
landscape and the Others to save the world? Can childhood friends
survive and discover love in this new strange world?
Marianne Mancusi's Razor Girl
alternates the time periods of each chapter between pre- and post-
apocalypse, allowing the reader to see both the lead up to the current
world and the results as well as Molly and Chase's past in a more
innocent time. As these two time periods converge, Marianne Mancusi
gives the reader an increasingly intense, suspenseful edge-of-the-seat
thrilling ride. New dangers arise at every turn--- not only the perils
of living on the brink of survival but also the dangers of the heart.
Any misstep or unmerited trust can lead Molly or Chase to their death.
Marianne Mancusi's Razor Girl
is brilliant! Marianne Mancusi takes the best of the best in classic
literature, pop culture and familiar brand names morphed into
survivalist mode, creating a hot new romance sensation all her own.
George Orwell's 1984 and William Golding's Lord of the Flies meets
horror and action romance in post-apocalyptic South Carolina. Imagine
all the unique heart-warming tender emotion of Edward Scissorhands
combined with the chilling danger of a futuristic devastated landscape,
populated not by suburban families but a world ravaged by monsters, a
world where all the comforts of civilization are not only gone but
turned on their side. In this desolate landscape, Molly and Chase fight
as rebels, a man and woman determined to save themselves and the world
as well as the hope for love and a vision of a caring world. Marianne
Mancusi's world is breathtaking! Razor
Girl creates an unusual exciting blend of emotion, humor, and
danger that will make readers' hearts race. Marianne Mancusi's Razor Girl is a stunning cutting
edge romance, a romance for readers who crave something emotionally
dynamic and rebellious in terms of a characterization that shakes up
the romance hero/heroine paradigm. Marianne Mancusi's Razor Girl is one of the
highlight's of my romance reading this year --- fresh, intelligent, and
avant garde.
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