Alongside a fierce depiction of oppressive government, Simmons has created a bleak. Agent: Browne & Miller Literary Associates. Kristen Simmons thrilling debut novel Article 5 is the first in an eagerly anticipated dystopian trilogy. Article 5 In Kristen Simmonss Article 5, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. Kristen Simmons Article 5 is a gripping, atmospheric story of survival. Simmons’s story includes a fair amount of believable action, a few mildly horrific events, and some not quite R-rated romance on its way to a conclusion that sets up the next installment in this planned trilogy. Heavy-handed in its delivery, the tale is well-written, though there are occasional clunkers (“I answered as assertively as I could. The novel details naïve Ember’s experiences first as a prisoner, then as a fugitive, with the emotionally scarred and secretive Chase as her companion.

Ember Miller and Chase Jennings can be my post-apocalyptic wingmen anytime. Alongside a fierce depiction of oppressive government, Simmons has created a bleak portrait of an America lost. Worse, one of the soldiers involved in the arrest is Ember’s former boyfriend, Chase, now barely recognizable in military uniform. Kristen Simmons' Article 5 is a gripping, atmospheric story of survival. Kristen Simmons Article 5 is a gripping, atmospheric story of survival. When Ember’s mother is arrested as morally suspect (she’s an unwed mother), Ember is carted off to a repressive reform school that is essentially a concentration camp.

Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller lives quietly with her free-spirited mother, trying to avoid the puritanical Federal Bureau of Reformation and their increasingly stringent Moral Statutes. In her debut novel, Simmons portrays a right-wing dystopian America still reeling from a vaguely described war.

Article 5 by Kristen Simmons