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The Commandment

By: Anna Kittrell
Narrated by: Nate Hansen
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Summary

Ten years ago, Briar's body rejected a government-mandated vaccine known as SAP (Serum to Advance Progressivism), formulated to erase God from the mind. Briar was seven years old. She's been on house arrest ever since.

Now, just weeks from becoming a legal adult, Briar remains nonresponsive to her mandatory SAP injections. Along with her rapidly approaching 18th birthday looms a grim reality: by order of the Commandment, adulthood means institutionalization for those resistant to SAP.

In a matter of days, Briar will become a permanent resident of the ARC - a facility shrouded in dark rumors of torture, experimentation, and death. Her only alternative is to accept a last minute ultimatum to become a laboratory test subject for a new God-dissolving serum.

With a decade of solitude behind her and a lifetime of confinement before her, what does she have to lose? Except maybe her soul.

©2018 Anna Kittrell (P)2019 Anna Kittrell
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Has a few polotholes, but not too bad

Disclaimer: I'm a Christian but I'm still not sure where to put most Christian fiction... It seems to me that most of them (This one is no exception.) are meant for entertainment with a does of indoctrination, aka: futile attempt to reinforce a Christian reader's / listener's / viewer's faith. It's like Christian authors seriously believe that an imaginary character's miraculous victory can strengthen someone's beliefs... If it's a true story aka testimony, then I get it, but fiction?!?! :D Therefore I'll try to overlook the bias of the story and I'll be as objective as I can.
Btw, I have the same problem with progressive bias, except it's worst because... tolerance. ;)

The characters seem fine to me, that's probably the best part except maybe Reed... We never find out what makes her so heartless... I get it she's jealous, but that doesn't seems enough motivation for her actions.

There is a bit of telling vs showing problem, for example: We are told the doctor does research, and still working on the antidote, but we never actually see him working on it.

I found the world building a bit shallow.
For example seeing people's reaction to government pushed covid vaccination I could imagine the government mandating something insane like sap, but I could hardly imagine everyone just playing along nicely... People are rioting against forced vaccination you know, I've seen it, plus faith is not even a disease. Would everyone just accept regular injections for no real reason? I hardly think so... Where are the rioters? Who funds the whole charade? Plotholes...
Other example: Can you seriously expect me to believe that a single doctor's under cover actions would provide enough evidence to overthrow the system? How so? In reality it would only serve to destroy his own reputation... Another plothole...

Finally the audio quality is pretty crap for a while somewhere at the middle...

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