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Novel: TARE

Author: Peggy Sue Yarber

Small-town America takes on Big Government and an Uncontrollable Virus

Peggy Sue Yarber writes a compelling novel of what happens when government becomes involved in a small town in California.

Something has gone terribly wrong in the small California town.  An infectious virus has been discovered in the soil and threatens the country’s grain production.

The United States government takes over—military operations quarantine the town and its residents are in held in captivity until someone can determine the cause and resolve the problem.  But who is responsible and who can be trusted?

A soldier abandons his post and takes his family on a pilgrimage, traveling to The Rocketship Café, a way station and sanctuary for those who are able to escape the tragedy that’s befallen the town.  There he attempts to find the answers and take back what the government has stolen from him—his life, his home, and his family.

As the soldier digs deeper and uncovers the horrible truth, he learns that those in power may have had a role in a world that has suddenly and inexplicably gone wrong.  A cover-up of enormous proportions is behind it all and the soldier questions everything he’s held dear.

Yarber writes a terrifying novel—full of intricate twists and turns.  This compelling novel is about right and wrong, good and evil, and the choices individuals and communities make that often times have devastating repercussions. 

Publisher’s website:  http://www.strategicbookpub....

About the Author:

Peggy Sue Yarber, PhD, is a writer, tap dancer, and high school teacher and administrator. She has worked in the Kern High School District for almost twenty years and is currently employed at South High school. According to Yarber, TARE based on the parable from the book of Matthew. Yarber began her teaching career in Bakersfield at West High school, she then went to work at Vista East and then finally need dup at south High. The story line is one of Good vs. Evil - something similar to a Sci-Fi Thriller. In one sentence the story may be summed up:  A government conspiracy covers up a food contamination crisis causing humans to question humanity and their own individual belief system. Yarber lives with her husband, daughters and two dogs in Bakersfield, California.