{"title":"Kristen Simmons","description":"Kristen Simmons has a master's degree in social work and is an advocate for mental health. She lives with her husband, Jason, and their precious greyhound Rudy in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her most popular books include the Article 5 trilogy, The Glass Arrow, and Metaltown.","products":[{"product_id":"the-glass-arrow-paperback","title":"The Glass Arrow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, Simmons's book serves as essential commentary on women's rights.\"--\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan.com \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce there was a time when men and women lived as equals, when girl babies were valued, and women could belong only to themselves. But that was ten generations ago. Now women are property, to be sold and owned and bred, while a strict census keeps their numbers manageable and under control. The best any girl can hope for is to end up as some man's forever wife, but most are simply sold and resold until they're all used up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly in the wilderness, away from the city, can true freedom be found. Aya has spent her whole life in the mountains, looking out for her family and hiding from the world, until the day the Trackers finally catch her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStolen from her home, and being groomed for auction, Aya is desperate to escape her fate and return to her family, but her only allies are a loyal wolf she's raised from a pup and a strange mute boy who may be her best hope for freedom . . . if she can truly trust him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Arrow: \u003c\/i\u003ea haunting, yet hopeful, new novel from Kristen Simmons, the author of the popular Article 5 trilogy.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50255460008159,"sku":"9780765336644","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NE1HRnJDbUlDaHpIN2pqa0Zlc1Q0QT09.webp?v=1781906214"},{"product_id":"pacifica-paperback","title":"Pacifica - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristen Simmons, critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eArticle 5 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMetaltown\u003c\/i\u003e, brings her trademark action, romance, and frightening prescience to \u003ci\u003ePacifica\u003c\/i\u003e, a science fiction tale of high seas adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlue skies. Green grass. Clear ocean water. An island paradise like the ones that existed before the Melt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lucky five hundred lottery winners will be the first to go, the first to leave their polluted, dilapidated homes behind and start a new life. It sounds perfect. Like a dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only problem? Marin Carey spent her childhood on those seas and knows there's no island paradise out there. She's corsario royalty, a pirate like her father and his father before him, and she knows a con when she sees one. So where are the First Five Hundred really going? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A harrowing world. \u003ci\u003ePacifica \u003c\/i\u003ewill have you breathlessly fearing our own future.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Sara Raasch\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bleak, futuristic world that's utterly believable and terrifying, and yet from out of it springs the greatest of hope, carried on the back of its fierce main characters. I was swept away.\"--Mindee Arnett, author of \u003ci\u003eAvalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50255463416031,"sku":"9780765336668","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dinVPgpEnV9780765336668.webp?v=1781906215"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kristen-simmons.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}