Book Tour: Seeds Of Transition: Book One - The Genesis Project By Carolyn Holland and co-author, Kef Hollenbach

Seeds Of Transition: Book One - The Genesis Project

Carolyn Holland and co-author, Kef Hollenbach

About The Author

Carolyn Holland grew up during the 70's in the coastal wetlands of North Carolina in a

small, rural fishing village. She married right after high school and started her family, in the same community where she grew up. Though life took her to other places, she lived in the Appalachians for a time and later in Alabama, she found herself drawn back to her roots in Coastal North Carolina. With her three children grown now, she resides there still with her husband James Holland, a retired US Marine.

Carolyn has been a writer for many years. In 2009 she began work as a freelance writer and ghost writer and worked on many works in the science fiction genre. Her own personal interest in agriculture, the environment and our effect upon it prompted a lot of study into the effect of weather patterns brought on by climate change on our food and water supply.

In 2012, Carolyn was invited by publishers; Books, Authors and Artists, to write and publish the trilogy titled The Genesis Project. The first book in that series is titled, Seeds of Transition and will be available at most online book stores in E-Book and Paperback form on July 19, 2013.

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About The Book

Editor: Sherry Thoman

Release Date: Jun 7, 2013

Genres: Science Fiction/General,

Fiction > Science Fiction >  and

Fiction > Science Fiction > Utopia and dystopias

Published by internet marketing KY, LLC. d/b/a Books, Authors And Artists

(Amazon Kindle) ASIN:B00DB7UERS
(CreateSpace) ISBN-13:978-1482657647
(Smashwords) ISBN: 9781301089505



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Seeds of Transition engulfs the reader with riveting adventure, emotional thrills, and conflict from beginning to end.
As the world's population approaches 10 billion people, severe weather extremes diminish crop and livestock production, driving the demand for and price of food to new heights. The American government, as well as other powerful organizations, turns to the world of academia in search of gifted, albeit unlikely heroes.
Dr. Jarod Farra is one of those unlikely heroes. An assistant professor of agriculture at Cornell University, Farra quickly finds himself at the forefront of both his longstanding dreams, and perhaps, some of his worst fears. Dread of the developing global food shortage and ever-worsening weather extremes cause cultural turmoil, political turbulence, population shifts, and economic havoc. Jarod and a range of characters come together to perform an experiment that will change the world, and provide new hope for generations to come with the most radical agricultural undertaking that society has ever seen.

Excerpts

Chapter 5

The Genesis Project

A.D. 2057

"Vision without action is a day dream; action without vision is a nightmare."

~Japanese Proverb~

. . .

Jarod swallowed hard and continued down the ramp where the waiting soldiers immediately proceeded to wave a hand-held metal detecting device across all of the surfaces of his body. He obeyed when one of them politely asked him to raise his arms to the side and spread his feet two feet apart. Hilder stood to the side and let the soldiers do their work; Farra noticed that Hilder was not asked to submit to a scan.

One of the suited guys stepped forward, all business for sure and asked quite professionally, "Please place your hands on top of your head Dr. Farra and stand with your legs slightly apart."

Jarod turned to Hilder who casually waved his hand and gave Jarod a reassuring nod. "Just a formality Dr. Farra."

The man patted him down thoroughly, or at least Jarod thought of it as a thorough pat down, he had never been asked to submit to one before now. After he was finished, the searcher stepped back a few feet.

"Dr. Farra, may I ask you to remove your Internet-2 device, your I-2D, from your forearm?"

Jarod hesitated but a reassuring look from Hilder and he decided to comply. He quickly unstrapped the transparent device and handed it over. He held it up for Farra to see and said apologetically, "We'll hold onto this for you Dr. Farra, I assure you nothing will happen to it."

Annoyed now, Jarod opened his mouth to protest, but the other guy opened the rear passenger door of the SUV and asked him to please have a seat inside the vehicle. Hilder climbed in behind him and the door was closed tightly.

Jarod turned to Hilder and said wryly, "Well, I suppose we're off to see the wizard finally."

Hilder, who seemed to be quite amused, smiled and said, "Yes indeed Dr. Farra, yes indeed."

They traveled about a mile down a very dusty stretch of blacktop, and then slowed, turning to the right onto a well traveled dirt road which they followed for another couple of miles. Jarod, extremely curious, scanned the landscape as they passed. Other than an occasional military vehicle, there seemed to be no sign of life, just dry desert plain as far as the eye could see. His attention was redirected toward the front when the SUV slowed and merged slightly to the right in order to allow three tractor trailers to pass on the narrow road.

When the semis were past them and the dust from their wake had subsided, he saw it for the very first time. He would remember this moment for many years to come and retell the story many many times. His jaw dropped at the site before him, he could not pull his eyes from it. "Oh my God!"were the only words that would form on his lips. Hilder had been waiting for this very instant, and guffawed with delight.

He exited the vehicle before anyone could open the door for him, the target of his focus lay dead ahead, so absorbed was he by the sight that he missed the exchange of knowing smiles between Hilder and the driver, and he didn't notice the limo parked just 100 feet away either.

His eyes were locked upon the most amazing thing he had ever seen, so amazing in fact that his mind was having difficulty soaking it up. What Jarod perceived was a twenty story oasis of lush, living green! It was a massive complex; a virtual epicenter of activity. Workers were moving about, going about their activities as if this were a perfectly normal setting, as if this wasn't a miracle!

Jarod only vaguely heard the familiar voice beside him softly ask, "Astounding isn't it?"

As he turned toward the speaker, he heard Hilder from behind his right shoulder say, "Dr. Farra, may I introduce you to the President of the United States."

My Review:

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

The temperature all over the world is rising and causing all kinds of storms. It is having a big effect on the food. There are like 10 billion people in the world and not enough food to go around or at the least there is a shortage. The change in climate is effecting the growth of food. Fruits and meat are getting very hard to come by. You almost have to be rich just to be able to buy any kind of meat. The average working class family could not afford it. And without meat the children are getting sick. The US has started a recruitment to bring people from all over the world to America to help with their new project of growing food for everyone.

Ghazi and his brothers stand in line for a few days waiting to get in and signed up and hopefully are picked to go to America. When they get the news that they have been chosen to go to America they are ecstatic. Once they arrive in America they would then have jobs waiting for them. Ghazi had lost his job and couldn't find another one and this is why he wanted to take his family to America. Ghazi with his wife, Alala and his son Jarood along with his brothers and their families were all chosen to go to America and work. Years later Jarod was recruited by the president to help with a secret project called The Genesis Project. The Genesis Project is a new way they had come up with to grow food as they couldn't grow it in the soil anymore because the change in climate made it impossible.

Ramos had served two terms as governor of Florida and not only did the residents of Florida like how Ramos ran his office but the majority of America did as well. So when he was approached again about running for president he decided to run and he gained 272 electoral votes and won the election and became the 52th president of the United States. He didn't make any promises to do great things; no he made promises to clean up the water and lands, to clean up the air, to stop the prize of food going up and to create new jobs for the people. He did what he thought was the right thing to do and what he thought the people needed. The president, Ramos called Jarod and asked him to work for them on The Genesis Project. Jarod loved everything that they were doing to grow food for the people and wanted to be a part of it. But he just mainly loved doing the work itself.

At the beginning of each chapter there were these little sayings and/or proverbs. They each and every one fit with each chapter. I loved all the sayings themselves. Seeds Of Transition is one those type of stories that could actually come true and may very well be on its way. I think the authors did a great job creating the world in Seeds Of Transition and making it sound so real. You feel for each and every one character as if you are right there beside them. It's like you can feel the rain and the wind as they make their way to a safe place when the storms are happening. You actually feel the fear that they are all feeling because you can just see the roofs being pulled off of the buildings. If you have not read Seeds Of Transition then you need to pick up your copy today.

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