Camisado

About the Book

Seventeen-year-old Ember Anthem follows an unshakable feeling in her heart and takes her future into her own hands. In what appears to be a fortuitous twist of luck, Ember gets honored with an opportunity to rise to the highest level of society by serving in the prestigious Adiran Military. Once in Basic Training, Ember begins, slowly but surely, learning lie after lie. After meeting Santiago, son of the founder of an underground rebellion, she learns the harsh truth about the misleading tyranny she lives under. Determined to bring basic rights back to her home town, she realizes she must do the right thing the wrong way. Motivated by equal parts justice and anger, Ember must let the government believe they have her in the palms of their hands while secretly making huge strides for underground rebellion.

About the Author

S. C. Wines lives with her parents and her rescue dog in Kansas. Like a lot of young adults, she grew up struggling with depression and anxiety. But she always found an escape in the written word. Whether it was reading or writing, she always felt most comfortable inside a book. As she got older, she was discouraged from writing and told that she needed to find “a real career” to focus on. She elected to go to college and major in Political Science, but soon she realized that she had slowly fallen back into a deep depression. She started writing again and felt happier. She took elements from her classes and worked them into her stories to discuss her opinions. She found she had a talent for translating political/social themes into thought provoking fiction. The winter of her junior year she left school to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a writer.