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Lynette M. Burrows

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Science Fiction, Fiction, Thriller

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Lynette M. Burrows is a survivor. She survived moving to seventeen different schools before she graduated from high school. She contends that this makes her uniquely qualified to write a dystopian novel or two.

Lynette enjoys coffee, the pleasure of real books, and the crack of a nine-millimeter, not necessarily all at the same time—although they all appear in her stories. Spiced with a dash of intrigue, a dollop of mayhem, and a liberal dose of automatic weapons her stories are action-filled science fiction with characters who discover their inner strength and determination and make courageous choices for themselves, their family, and their world.

The White Box stories, her collaborations with Rob Chilson, appeared in Analog Science Fiction ...more

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Average rating: 4.57 · 30 ratings · 14 reviews · 6 distinct works

	My Soul to Keep (My Soul to Keep, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fellowship 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Should Die: The Fellowship Dystopia, Book Two (The Fellowship Dystopia Trilogy 2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Should Die (The Fellowship Dystopia, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And When I Wake: The Fellowship Dystopia, Book Three (The Fellowship Dystopia Trilogy 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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OMG. Not even a dozen pages in, and I’m seeing things I’ve practiced in my writing with greater clarity than ever before. You might be, as I was, tempted to skip the “introduction” but don’t. Even if you think you understand emotion amplifiers, read ...more
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