Lesser Prophets by Kelly Sinclair

Lesser Prophets

Kelly Sinclair

We were the despised, the unloved, the fitfully tolerated, the novelty acts, and in some fortunate places, the embraced and even cherished. In those safe harbors, we celebrated each stage of our growing emancipation even though others of our tribe were faced with hangman’s gallows or less deadly alternatives and dared not show their true faces. We passed as ‘normal’ when possible, and we were penalized when we could not pass. We only had freedom when they said we could be free. That was our world. We knew none other. But then God, or Fate, or the Omniscient Divine-or merely happenstance-negated all the rules, and our status was forever changed. This is how our new world began. We were the Lesser Prophets, and this is our story.

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Debra Shanrahan, a veterinarian in New South Wales, Australia, anticipates a typical day of treating hogs and other livestock. The first hog she treats seems to be suffering from an unusually bad bout of bronchitis. Hardly cause for alarm–until the hog’s owner and others who were on the farm turn up dead from suspected pneumonia. Within days, people all over the world are falling suddenly, terminally ill with a virulent strain of flu. Governments either overreact or fail to take any action, but all too soon it becomes undeniably apparent that the unthinkable has happened: the Australian hog’s illness has jumped from the swine species to the human species, and there’s no known treatment, no cure, and no way to contain it. The pandemic decimates the population in every corner of the globe. But oddly, some people are resisting the virus, even if directly exposed to carriers. Who are these hardy survivors? They are, for the most part, a group that was previously despised, mostly unloved, and only fitfully tolerated. They are the gays and lesbians. Men and women who were once marginalized in many societies are now elevated to be leaders and redeemers who must find their way in a world where the old rules no longer apply. God, or Fate, or the Omniscient Divine has intervened and forever changed the hierarchy. Follow the riveting stories of Debra and others who survive, in their struggle to triumph over biological Armageddon and create a new world.

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Details

ISBN	9780982285886
Genre	Speculative Fiction
Copyright Date	2010
Publication Date	07-Jan-10
Publisher	Blue Feather Books, Ltd
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	192
Language	English
Rating	NotRated
Paper Type	Electronic Format Available
Subject	FICTION / Lesbian
BookID	7296