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Bea Oertel

March 06th, 2025

A hundred years into the future after wars and drought have created food scarcity, the world has fallen under the control of a tyrannical regime that suppresses freedom and enforces conformity in Bea Oertel’s sci-fi fantasy novel, The Warehouse (FriesenPress $13.49). Teenager Kim escapes from a labour camp where her family has been held for ten years and finds a community of dissidents who have become self-sufficient. Joining their resistance, Kim learns to fight the government-created robots used to control citizens. Then she learns her sister is in a detention centre for brainwashing people. Can Kim save her sister before it’s too late? The Warehouse is Oertel’s first novel in “The New World” series. 9781038315236

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