Roberta's Story (The Bethesda Wars Book 3)

Roberta is story #3 in "The Bethesda Wars" The first story to take place on the Compound, we meet Roberta, who has a special goal: to bring some good onto the Compound. Because, she knows, whatever is happening on the secret Compound hidden away in Bethesda, Maryland, it is anything but good. Children with special talents are being collected, and trained, but for what purpose? Roberta was born on the Compound, born to a father who had a unique Talent. From the start Roberta had to overcome extraordinary obstacles. Her parent’s plan to steal away from the Scouts in the middle of the night goes horribly, gruesomely wrong and Roberta is left at the tender age of five to fend for herself. How will she survive? As a child she must navigate encounters with heartless, unfeeling Scouts, Testers who mock her inability to display any Talents, and the merciless Father Black who has condemned her to a life in servitude to the Compound. She meets some other Potentials, like herself, some who are strange but harmless (Potential Belle, who will one day have her own story to tell) and the repugnant Damian Alan Kay, who torments her at every turn. And worst of all is the overwhelming loneliness, the helplessness. As she battles real dangers at every turn Roberta looks to the stars and sees a whole universe that exists…and one that she is very alone in. How will Roberta find her place? How will she survive the dangers and horrors of her life? And will she ever discover her own Talent? Roberta’s Story is the second novella in The Bethesda Wars. More characters who will continue to play a huge part in the series are introduced: Potential Belle, the mysterious Brother Thomas, and the Question Man, who very much likes to be asked questions. Roberta’s Story is a graphic thriller taking place in an altogether unique place, but at its core it is a touching story of a young girl growing into a young woman and trying to find herself, and her safety. It continues the story started in SHADOWMAN about an ominous, thrilling world that lies just below the surface of our own. Roberta's Story is story #3 in "The Bethesda Wars"

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