New Release: Compact of Fire

 

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Kindle, phone, and paperback cover images for Compact of Fire, A Censored City Novelette by Melanie Harding-Shaw. Close up of woman not making eye contact with the camera, overlaid with silhouette of woman looking over her shoulder and binary code.

The second in my Censored City series, this novelette picks up where Would She Be Gone left off. The first in the series was told through the eyes of undercover police officer Virginia Wright. Compact of Fire carries on the tale through the eyes of political aide to the secretary for literary safety, Serafina Walker. The third novellete, Hell is Empty, will round out the story by exploring the fourth estate through the eyes of journalist Deanna Myers.

Can you tell I’m a policy geek at heart? I love exploring Government corruption, interference, mental health, and censorship through these different perspectives.

 
 

some words are hard to forgive. some men are hard to control. some mistakes can’t be undone.

In the near future, the Librarian algorithm imposes tailored censorship to protect citizens from ideas that could inflict trauma or incite crime.

Political aide Serafina Walker has been in damage control for the secretary of literary safety ever since the actions of a rogue cop sparked a protest movement against state restrictions. She's used to dealing with the grey areas that her boss likes to play in, and the women he likes to play with. But her loyalty is tested when his games take a dark turn. The ends have always justified the means—until now.

The Censored City series: A post-analog world on the tipping point of Orwellian dystopia and the women whose choices will determine which way it falls.