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Read the full book now on kindle! This is the definitive edition, complete with a map, bonus chapter, and extra illustrations. 

 The Silver Radio opens the door on a riveting new dystopian world,  Strand’s great Tower, perfect for fans of Scott Westerfield’s Uglies.  The saga of those trapped in the brutally self-sufficient Tower  challenges concepts of fate, choices, conservation, necessity, and the  indomitable human spirit.

Quincy is a boy on the edge. At the  end of his Academy career, the time has come for him to pay Strand back  for all they’ve invested in him. In their Tower- a decadent cityscape,  forsaken wild jungle, and sprawling suburb in one- no one stays for  free. The biggest problem for Quincy is his blank aptitude tests.  Repeated rejections and threats of exile drive him to graffiti a road  sign, which puts him in the spotlight of Strand’s elite Bolt Rangers.

Elly  is a girl burdened with tremendous responsibility. She lives a few  doors down from a boy who everyone has counted out. Where others see  failure and a delinquent, she sees a brilliant artist. With Strand about  to call on Elly to make a great sacrifice, she can’t help but wonder:  is there more to Quincy?

The Summit is a band of castaways in the  wildest reaches of Strand’s Tower. A group hell bent on derailing the  system of Strand, however necessary it may seem. They await the arrival  of their final member, a former celebrity in Strand’s culture, a man of  colossal strength. But how can they accomplish their mission, when it is  Quincy who answers the call of the silver radio? Can the tangled fates  of Quincy, Elly, and the Summit hope to stand against the paragon of  conservation and control that is Strand?

Strand: the Silver  Radio is a heart-wrenching, inspiring story of a young man finding  himself in the tides of colliding ideologies. In a ruthless system  driven by necessity, what is the real power of the ones outside the  mold?  

 Cover by my wonderful wife, Katie 

 A special thanks to all the amazing illustrators that helped bring Quincy and his world to life! All credit for the images below goes to them.