Rubicons: A Freaks Novel

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Finding themselves. Fighting together. Growing apart.

Its junior year in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot thwart--adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-perilous threat of The Team, the shadowy government agency bent on saving the world from supernatural menaces. At the same time, they must face their most dangerous adversary yet, a creature of scales and wings that threatens every life in townjust for starters. New questions arise: can the Freaks achieve a common goal when they no longer agree on precisely what that goal should be And what happens when they realize they just might be the villains in someone elses story

Author Bio

Brett Riley is a professor of English at the College of Southern Nevada. He grew up in southeastern Arkansas and earned his Ph.D. in contemporary American fiction and film at Louisiana State University. His short fiction has appeared in numerous publications including Folio, The Wisconsin Review, and The Baltimore Review. Rileys debut novel, Comanche, was released in September 2020, followed by Lord of Order in April 2021. Freaks, a superhero thriller featuring dangerous aliens and badass high school kids was published in March 2022. The second novel in the Freaks series,Travelers, was released in August 2022. Riley lives in Henderson, Nevada.