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WIP: The Unwanteds

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This is a rough draft of the cover art for my NaNoWriMo 2012 novel, "The Unwanteds."

Novel Synopsis:
Miriam & Micah are wards of the government (“Unwanteds”) who would not even be alive if not for the anti abortion laws that were created in response to the Hazeroth’s need to regrow the nation after the nuclear attacks that decimated the former United States. All Unwanteds are raised by the government until they turn 18 and are old enough to be assigned their future jobs. Boys that are healthy will be conscripted as soldiers, girls that are fertile will become houswives (”Birthers”). Boys that are unhealthy and girls that are unfertile are sent to work in the factories. Miriam is sure her brother, who is a frail dreamer will be sent to the factories. She prays that she is unfertile and will be able to spend the rest of her life with her brother rather than be married off to a government-appointed husband.
But when Miriam & Micah turn 18, Miriam’s worst nightmare comes true: Micah is to be a soldier, and she a Birther. As Miriam prepares to be married off to a cruel government employee three times her age, she can’t stop thinking of Micah; her brother is so frail and gentle, she knows that he won’t live long if he becomes a soldier. For that matter, how long will she survive if she marries her abusive husband-to-be? Miriam knows that their only chance of survival is to run away together.
Will Miriam & Micah be able to escape, or will they be caught & forced to give their lives in service to Hazeroth?
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What's NaNoWriMo, you ask? It's National Novel Writing Month! Every November, people around the world pledge to write a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days! To find out more about NaNoWriMo, go to: [link]

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