Light the Towers

In the wake of a failed coup, a young political fugitive struggles to evade an obsessive government agent and build a life for herself in an America wrecked by war.

Orphaned teenager Kate Emerson struggles to survive alone on the bombed-out streets of St. Louis following a failed military coup led by her father, General Emerson. When a top government agent sets his sights on apprehending Kate, she becomes entangled in the underworld of 2050s America—a landscape of intrigue, tyranny, and unrest.

Light the Towers is structured as a series of interconnected stories, narrated by a range of characters—resistance workers, clergymen, government agents, prisoners, soldiers, musicians, and spies. Their lives intersect and intertwine, weaving the threads that determine Kate Emerson’s fate.

Four chapters of the novel have been published in literary journals. The first chapter, “As a Madman Shakes a Dead Geranium,” was published in The Twisted Vine. “To Live,” was published in Relief, and “Behind This Fence in Future Tense” was published by Abandon Journal, and “Cross the Night” was published in Heart of Flesh Literary Journal.

Genre: Upmarket dystopian fiction

Project Status:

Light the Towers is a completed novel-length manuscript. I am currently seeking an agent for representation or a small press for publication. Interested in working with me on this project? Contact me at brianne@brianneholmes.com.

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