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Crewel World #0.1
The Cypress Project
Lucy Price spends her day much like other 16 year-old girls in wartime America: praying that her brother comes back from the front and hoping the war ends quickly. But as violence ravages the world, the end never seems in sight. All Lucy can do is wait and tend to her victory garden while her mother does her part at the ammunition factory in town. That is until the Department of Defense appears on her doorstep telling her she could end the fighting if she’ll join The Cypress Project.
When Joshua O’Donnell’s father packs him off to Yale, forbidding him to enlist, he hopes his son’s brains will keep him off the battlefield. But Joshua’s knack for quantum mechanics draws attentions from his professor, a genius in the field of experimental science, who is working on technology that could end World War Two. Promised a nonviolent end to the war effort, Joshua can hardly say no to helping The Cypress Project.
The war has made Howard Patton an even richer man. Son of railroad tycoon Randolph Patton, Howard was a millionaire before he was born, but with a war on, trains are more important than ever. It’s good business and Howard isn’t eager to see it end until the government approaches him with a proposal: fund the technology that could end the war and receive power beyond his imagination. But when Howard discovers the true nature of The Cypress Project, he realizes his real remuneration is the one thing that his money can’t buy.
Completing The Cypress Project will force them all to make choices between love, destiny and freedom, but as the secrets of the experiment are revealed, each must decide between the bloody war being waged on the world’s soil and a deception that could change the course of humanity.
When Joshua O’Donnell’s father packs him off to Yale, forbidding him to enlist, he hopes his son’s brains will keep him off the battlefield. But Joshua’s knack for quantum mechanics draws attentions from his professor, a genius in the field of experimental science, who is working on technology that could end World War Two. Promised a nonviolent end to the war effort, Joshua can hardly say no to helping The Cypress Project.
The war has made Howard Patton an even richer man. Son of railroad tycoon Randolph Patton, Howard was a millionaire before he was born, but with a war on, trains are more important than ever. It’s good business and Howard isn’t eager to see it end until the government approaches him with a proposal: fund the technology that could end the war and receive power beyond his imagination. But when Howard discovers the true nature of The Cypress Project, he realizes his real remuneration is the one thing that his money can’t buy.
Completing The Cypress Project will force them all to make choices between love, destiny and freedom, but as the secrets of the experiment are revealed, each must decide between the bloody war being waged on the world’s soil and a deception that could change the course of humanity.
60 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 2013
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Gennifer Albin
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BIO: I like coffee. A lot. Writing gives me time to go get a cup without my kids. I like books as much as I like coffee, but it is easier to read with children hanging on you than drink coffee due to the threat of third degree burns. That's why coffee gets top billing in my intro: its unattainability.
I hold a Masters in English with a specialization in 18th century women's studies. While this is a highly marketable area of expertise, I stay home with my kids, which means my 3 year-old son uses correct grammar and doesn't burn down the house.
I have a ridiculously supportive husband who dreams of being included on a book jacket: "The author lives in Kansas with her husband, two children, and a Tuesday cat."
***HEADS UP REVIEWERS: I don't respond to review requests sent through Goodreads because I don't get on here frequently enough. However, it's super easy to fill out the review request form. I can't guarantee it will get you a copy, but it will get your name on the right list to the right people! And thank you for your interest.
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BIO: I like coffee. A lot. Writing gives me time to go get a cup without my kids. I like books as much as I like coffee, but it is easier to read with children hanging on you than drink coffee due to the threat of third degree burns. That's why coffee gets top billing in my intro: its unattainability.
I hold a Masters in English with a specialization in 18th century women's studies. While this is a highly marketable area of expertise, I stay home with my kids, which means my 3 year-old son uses correct grammar and doesn't burn down the house.
I have a ridiculously supportive husband who dreams of being included on a book jacket: "The author lives in Kansas with her husband, two children, and a Tuesday cat."
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September 6, 2016
Je ne connaissais pas cette auteur, et encore moins ses livres, et en traînant un peu sur Wattpad, je suis tombée sur cette nouvelle. Je ne savais pas au début que c'était un prologue pour sa série, c'est ensuite que je l'ai découvert.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'univers, on y rentre très facilement. On sent l'atmosphère oppressante, on a l'impression d'y être avec les personnages, auquel on s'attache très rapidement. Lucy est touchante, je me suis plus rapprochée d'elle.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'intrigue, ce projet pour arrêter la guerre est toujours aussi intriguant, même après avoir fini ma lecture, et la fin est vraiment une bombe, elle ne me donne qu'une envie : lire cette série !
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'univers, on y rentre très facilement. On sent l'atmosphère oppressante, on a l'impression d'y être avec les personnages, auquel on s'attache très rapidement. Lucy est touchante, je me suis plus rapprochée d'elle.
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'intrigue, ce projet pour arrêter la guerre est toujours aussi intriguant, même après avoir fini ma lecture, et la fin est vraiment une bombe, elle ne me donne qu'une envie : lire cette série !
December 11, 2018
Great complementary story to the Trilogy.
April 24, 2017
I like it well enough for a short story kind of thing, and I enjoyed the fact it gave light to how one of the girls who had been tested on felt while the process was going on, but in the end I felt it didn’t have the same punch to it as the full novels did. Which is understandable, since there were far less pages to build up to the final punch and it was more of a explanatory piece and a look into the before than it was something to explain a full revolution.
Something I definitely didn’t like about it was the fact that Lucy felt kind of like a carbon copy of Adelice. Maybe this was intentional and maybe it wasn’t, but either way, I wasn’t really fond of that. I’m also wondering who Lucy ended up becoming in Arras? Was she in the story (Loricel?), or was she gone like the others who had been modified?
I’m still pretty confused overall about some things. Oh well.
Something I definitely didn’t like about it was the fact that Lucy felt kind of like a carbon copy of Adelice. Maybe this was intentional and maybe it wasn’t, but either way, I wasn’t really fond of that. I’m also wondering who Lucy ended up becoming in Arras? Was she in the story (Loricel?), or was she gone like the others who had been modified?
I’m still pretty confused overall about some things. Oh well.
January 17, 2014
After reading and loving both Crewel and Altered, I decided to give The Cypress Project a go since it was available on Wattpad. I see what purpose it served as a prequel, but I felt much of it was unnecessary to the point of this novella. It may have been the 40s, but Lucy and Joshua's relationship moved way fast! It was interesting to see how the world of Arras started out, but much of my questions were still left unanswered. I assume that Lucy turned out to be the Creweler in Crewel, Loricel, but nothing really confirmed it.
In short, give this novella a chance if you want more on how this world started. It doesn't really add a bigger picture to the other full novels, but is an short, entertaining read.
In short, give this novella a chance if you want more on how this world started. It doesn't really add a bigger picture to the other full novels, but is an short, entertaining read.
July 29, 2014
My interest was piqued. What is this Cypress Project about after all?
Going deeper into the story, it seemed to be the salvation for Lucy at first. War was raging, death comes and goes to loved ones, friends, relatives and even to mere strangers. However, there is always a price to pay for retribution. As far as experiments go during this time of war, anything that can keep you alive and survive this ordeal is very vital. People would go to extremes.
And as the story goes on, it became clear that power is important to survive as much as the money that gives it glory.
Going deeper into the story, it seemed to be the salvation for Lucy at first. War was raging, death comes and goes to loved ones, friends, relatives and even to mere strangers. However, there is always a price to pay for retribution. As far as experiments go during this time of war, anything that can keep you alive and survive this ordeal is very vital. People would go to extremes.
And as the story goes on, it became clear that power is important to survive as much as the money that gives it glory.
October 17, 2014
The Cypress Project is a prequel that gives us background information on how Arras comes about and shows us how it all happened. The characters introduced are interesting, and we learn why Arras was originally created, to stop World War II. Of course, everything has to go downhill at some point but it was a nice quick read that kept me entertained and it was something I enjoyed reading. I can't wait to start Crewel and see how the characters that survive impact the plot.
January 2, 2014
As a prequel it was Ok but I have to read the book to have a real opinion of it. Although I don't know if the premise is promising. There are a lot of books about time travel and so on... I'll read the book and then I'll have a full opinion about it.
November 25, 2015
I like how this story dives deeper into what the Cypress Project really was and how it came to be. It also makes you think that something that sounds great at first could end up eventually destroying everything around you.
September 25, 2014
Short prequel to Crewel explaining about the creation of the world that Crewel is set in.
Interesting to know that it started as a way to stop WWII. If that was in Crewel, I missed it.
Interesting to know that it started as a way to stop WWII. If that was in Crewel, I missed it.
November 15, 2014
3 because not a LOT happened, but it was a really awesome backstory to Arras and I seriously cannot wait to read how this all comes together in the trilogy!
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