Marielle of the Mountains

Annie McKenna
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This podcast is a narration of my dystopian novel, Marielle of the Mountains. This is the first of what I hope becomes a series of novels following a crew of intriguing characters as they carve out a living in the post-nuclear-winter Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Episodes

  1. 03/04/2021

    Chapter 3

    This segment was recorded in my home studio and edited by yours truly. Thank you for listening! Chapter Summary: Marielle begrudgingly attends a birthday party a local pub with Ari and her other friends. Book info: The date is 2198. The nuclear winter has passed, and times are dire. A rebel in her own way, 18-year-old Marielle is tired of scraping out a living in a small town at the base of the Rocky Mountains— tired of the hunger, tired of the danger, tired of the drama. Escape is on her mind until Fionn, son of the local Representative, casts an unexpected ray of Colorado sun on Marielle’s bleak world. But the draw of freedom is not a light easily extinguished, even in the shadows of first love. Before she can decide her own future, Marielle’s beloved is called up for military service by the Commissioner and her town is ransacked by an unknown enemy. She is forced to go on the run, with only an injured horse and a shell-shocked child as companions, until the trio is given refuge by the most unexpected of allies. A reluctant heroine at first, Marielle soon finds herself caught up in the heart of a revolutionary movement, political corruption and ultimately, a clandestine positioning in the shadows of the Commissioner’s inner sphere in order to stave off disaster at the hands of the tyrant. Amidst it all, Marielle must figure out how to be true to her heart, while also staying true to her conscience—and the cause. Inspired by regional Northern Colorado icons Isabella Bird and the Dickerson sisters, Marielle is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel drafted in the spirit of Robin Hood, written in the tone of Sarah J. Maas’s series A Court of Thorns and Roses, with action and adventure on par with Veronica Roth's series, Divergent.

    Chapter 3

  2. 02/12/2021

    Chapter 2

    This segment was recorded in my home studio and edited by yours truly. Thank you for listening! Chapter Summary: Marielle begrudgingly teams up with Fionn in her trapping enterprise, and they travel to a neighboring city to sell their goods. After an unanticipated series of meetings, the duo is forced to spend the night together in the wilderness, which brings confusion and awkwardness to their friendship.  Book info: The date is 2198. The nuclear winter has passed, and times are dire. A rebel in her own way, 18-year-old Marielle is tired of scraping out a living in a small town at the base of the Rocky Mountains— tired of the hunger, tired of the danger, tired of the drama. Escape is on her mind until Fionn, son of the local Representative, casts an unexpected ray of Colorado sun on Marielle’s bleak world. But the draw of freedom is not a light easily extinguished, even in the shadows of first love. Before she can decide her own future, Marielle’s beloved is called up for military service by the Commissioner and her town is ransacked by an unknown enemy. She is forced to go on the run, with only an injured horse and a shell-shocked child as companions, until the trio is given refuge by the most unexpected of allies. A reluctant heroine at first, Marielle soon finds herself caught up in the heart of a revolutionary movement, political corruption and ultimately, a clandestine positioning in the shadows of the Commissioner’s inner sphere in order to stave off disaster at the hands of the tyrant. Amidst it all, Marielle must figure out how to be true to her heart, while also staying true to her conscience—and the cause. Inspired by regional Northern Colorado icons Isabella Bird and the Dickerson sisters, Marielle is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel drafted in the spirit of Robin Hood, written in the tone of Sarah J. Maas’s series A Court of Thorns and Roses, with action and adventure on par with Veronica Roth's series, Divergent.

    Chapter 2

  3. 01/26/2021

    Chapter 1

    This segment was recorded in my home studio and edited by yours truly. Thank you for listening! Chapter Summary: We meet our heroine and get a taste for life in a remote post-nuclear-war mountain town.  Book info: The date is 2198. The nuclear winter has passed, and times are dire. A rebel in her own way, 18-year-old Marielle is tired of scraping out a living in a small town at the base of the Rocky Mountains— tired of the hunger, tired of the danger, tired of the drama. Escape is on her mind until Fionn, son of the local Representative, casts an unexpected ray of Colorado sun on Marielle’s bleak world. But the draw of freedom is not a light easily extinguished, even in the shadows of first love. Before she can decide her own future, Marielle’s beloved is called up for military service by the Commissioner and her town is ransacked by an unknown enemy. She is forced to go on the run, with only an injured horse and a shell-shocked child as companions, until the trio is given refuge by the most unexpected of allies. A reluctant heroine at first, Marielle soon finds herself caught up in the heart of a revolutionary movement, political corruption and ultimately, a clandestine positioning in the shadows of the Commissioner’s inner sphere in order to stave off disaster at the hands of the tyrant. Amidst it all, Marielle must figure out how to be true to her heart, while also staying true to her conscience—and the cause. Inspired by regional Northern Colorado icons Isabella Bird and the Dickerson sisters, Marielle is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel drafted in the spirit of Robin Hood, written in the tone of Sarah J. Maas’s series A Court of Thorns and Roses, with action and adventure on par with Veronica Roth's series, Divergent.

    Chapter 1

  4. 01/26/2021

    Prolog

    The first segment of the audio book, Marielle of the Mountains. This segment was recorded in my home studio and edited by yours truly. Thank you for listening! Chapter Summary: Marielle awakens to her house coming down around her, with no choice to break free. But the loss in her wake might just break her.  Book info:  The date is 2198. The nuclear winter has passed, and times are dire. A rebel in her own way, 18-year-old Marielle is tired of scraping out a living in a small town at the base of the Rocky Mountains— tired of the hunger, tired of the danger, tired of the drama. Escape is on her mind until Fionn, son of the local Representative, casts an unexpected ray of Colorado sun on Marielle’s bleak world. But the draw of freedom is not a light easily extinguished, even in the shadows of first love. Before she can decide her own future, Marielle’s beloved is called up for military service by the Commissioner and her town is ransacked by an unknown enemy. She is forced to go on the run, with only an injured horse and a shell-shocked child as companions, until the trio is given refuge by the most unexpected of allies. A reluctant heroine at first, Marielle soon finds herself caught up in the heart of a revolutionary movement, political corruption and ultimately, a clandestine positioning in the shadows of the Commissioner’s inner sphere in order to stave off disaster at the hands of the tyrant. Amidst it all, Marielle must figure out how to be true to her heart, while also staying true to her conscience—and the cause. Inspired by regional Northern Colorado icons Isabella Bird and the Dickerson sisters, Marielle is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel drafted in the spirit of Robin Hood, written in the tone of Sarah J. Maas’s series A Court of Thorns and Roses, with action and adventure on par with Veronica Roth's series, Divergent.

    Prolog
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This podcast is a narration of my dystopian novel, Marielle of the Mountains. This is the first of what I hope becomes a series of novels following a crew of intriguing characters as they carve out a living in the post-nuclear-winter Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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