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| RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone | 
 enlarge | Author: Claire Wolfe; Aaron Zelman
Publisher: RebelFire Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $13.95
New (1) Used (7) from $7.91
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 643078
Media: Paperback
Pages: 227
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0964230488
EAN: 9780964230484
ASIN: 0964230488
Publication Date: May 2005
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Product Description
Jeremy has a dream: To be the greatest lightmaker for the greatest west coast rock band, RebelFire. But what can he do? He's just a kid. A kid trapped in a prison-like school. Trapped in a world where dreams are treated with drugs and roving patrols make sure you take your dose. Trapped in the Zone, where travel without a permit is impossible. Trapped under the all-controlling eye of spycams, sensors, and monitors. Trapped by the chip in his wrist that regulates everything Jeremy can or can't do. Trapped in a world where some far-off control freak can even decide what music he's allowed or forbidden to hear. Jeremy's only choice is to shut up and do as he's ordered. But some people were never meant to be controlled ... Enter the world of "RebelFire: Out of the Gray Zone". Experience the book. Hear the music. The first four chapters can be read online at www.rebelfirerock.com
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
Refreshing, captivating, easy to read January 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Out of the Gray Zone is a great read! It is not only enjoyable as fiction; it is also thought provoking in its story line. When I first started reading the book I thought it would be more for the general high school male audience, therefore not my type. It begins with a young man absorbed in a music high, imagining himself as a big rock star ... Jeremy's character allowed me to experience what it felt to be running away from everything and everyone that he knew, facing loneliness, barely having any food or any defense, and wearing just the clothes on his back. Only ... he carried something more important, outweighing all the inconveniences he would have ever had to encounter. Jeremy's will and hope was for freedom to play music, freedom from HPG patrols, Drug Enforcement or some other arms of the government. Granted, it seemed that anything happening to this young man on his journey was better than staying put, especially because of his independent streak, creativity, and brave spirit.
The novel's descriptiveness and ease of reading came strongly across just as vividly as if I was watching an awesome action movie. The language was interesting and fun all throughout the book although I had to refer to the Internet for certain words. I relived the dangers of raw nature, frightful encounters with strangers and the police along Reb's travels to his favorite band's supposed location. I became as devastated as Jeremy himself when [those close to him were threatened or harmed]. The main character let me have a glimpse into how inconceivable our world might possibly become if we allowed the present tendencies of our leadership to take over. Look around. We are already in the "Gray Zone" with Ritalin and national ID. Beware -- reality is stranger than fiction. I'm anxiously awaiting the release of the next RebelFire book.
Edited to add: Definitely a 4-star book. It's a great book which I thoroughly enjoyed, however it is not a 5-star book, like my initial rating suggested.
 Sorry, but it is just not a 5 star book March 9, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
After ordering the book, I waited with great expectations that the book would read like The Black Arrow or some other great work. It didn't. I gave it a 3 because it is well written by two great authors who see things the same way I do, but it just didn't have a story line or development that would deserve a 5 in my humble opinion. I had to temper that with the fact that this book was written for teens, so the language and the levels of sex and violence had to match the intended audience. A 13 year old might like it, but I found it - shall we say - bland. I think most teen-agers would rather see more blood & guts (video games makes them that way). It could have been better. I hope the sequel finds Jeremy in the rebellion toting an old fashioned AK-47 against the evil CentGov troopers. What the heck, buy one and read it. You'll need it to understand the sequel.
Huck Finn Vs New World Order September 24, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
If Mark Twain were alive today, he'd recognize a little of his work in this tale of a boy battling the wilderness and the system. That said, it's a good read and I eagerly await the next volume in the series.
 Great book... Just have an adult blackout/whiteout some parts. August 23, 2005
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm 13 yrs., old almost 14, and my parents bought me this book because I'm a teenager and it was recommended by JFPO( Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership). Just the same, I wish they had read it first. There were some references to adult topics that I did not want to see and that I wish my parents had removed first.I also don't like rock music. Those, however are my ONLY complaints withs this book. It's fast-paced, exciting, thrilling... in a nutshell, GREAT! It is an excellent example of what those New World Order freaks want to do to us. No meat, no guns, no opinions (except those that are approved, of course), everybody tracked, drugged, and the list goes on and on. However, I think that an adult should read this first and blackout/ whiteout some parts, those parts being the only thing that kept this from getting a 5 star rating.
The World Our Children Will Inherit July 22, 2005
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am not going to tell you about the plot of this book. All you need to know about the plot is in the little blurb above the reviews. I'm not going to gush about how thrilling, engrossing, well written and vibrantly emotional this book happens to be -- though it's all those things.
I'm addressing this review to two groups:
Science Fiction fans, because this is the real deal, my fellow brothers and sisters in sense o' wonder. And to parents, because this is a book both you and your children need to read. This is a book about the world your children are going to inherit.
I won't lecture you on politics (neither will the book) but I'll extend you the benefit of the doubt that you are observant, thoughtful and interested enough in your life to notice those little changes that seem to come a little quicker with each passing day. Those little sacrifices you are asked to endure. While they happen, they tend to be painless, like a mosquito bite. But...they do pile up on you. What happens ten years down the road as these daily little sacrifices are counted? Fifteen?
That's where the SF part comes in. Wolfe and Zelman tackle what I consider the toughest nut in literary SF: the near term immersive novel. They pull it off spectacularly. This is no guided tour through a future. It's not a dystopia or a utopia. The authors do not fall to the temptation to take the easy way out. Instead, they give us a vivid, believable, but scarily different society that resembles today the way a gangly teenager resembles his baby pictures. I say this as an absolute and utter science fiction snob. Rebelfire is a wonderful first novel for any genre, but for the authors to tackle such a difficult type of SF novel on the first go and succeed so well is quite the feat.
The world they present is one we do not wish to believe, but it's constructed from things going on now. If anything, it's conservative in it's doomcrying.
And that's where you parents come in: this is an important book. Its themes are the same as almost every laudable young adult novel I can name: the power of believing in yourself and your dreams. The importance of bravery in the face of adversity. The supreme need for loyalty to and from those we love. There is no lack of adventure, but it's adventure of an oddly personal, realistic type. There are no shining heroes or last ditch rescues. The people and events of Rebelfire are conflicted and fallible; the events are quiet but no less momentous.
This is a book that you and your children need to read, and discuss. This is a book that may make your children pay a closer eye to current events, and ask clearer questions about social institutions like government and politics.
So. SF fans, pick up the book and be one of those people who can say 'Oh yeah. I remember that when it was just a small press book.' Our genre is being compressed and overwhelmed by franchise crap based on TV shows and movies. Major publishers seem less and less willing to take a chance on anything provocative, or deeply felt, or passionate. Remember that [i]we[/i] are the people who demand books like Rebelfire. If we don't support them when they appear, well...we'd better learn to enjoy STAR WARS novelizations.
And parents, buy this book. Read it first, then pass it to the kids. Be prepared for some hard questions. Some thoughts your child may have never encountered before. Some thoughts you may have never encountered before. This is a book from which many conversations will be born.
Because, I'm sad to say, in this book is the world your children will inherit, unless we start changing things in our own small ways now.
And it's not too late.
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