Greetings and welcome,

I am excited to announce that the first three chapters of Emily are now online and free to read. I hope you take some time to read these pages, this is a work that I have dedicated nearly four years to completion and I am proud to call these pages the final draft.

Emily is a modern myth of the ongoing culture wars in America today. The story takes place almost 400 years from now in a time where freedom, liberty and advanced technology are dead and where a corrupt and powerful theocracy known as the Dominion of Divinity rules the continent.

Emily La Rouche was born a child of a poor sharecropper. When she was only seven-years-old a devastating drought wiped out the family farm. On the brink of starvation Emily's father sold the land to a wealthy land owner by the name of David Marsh. However, David would not buy the land unless Emily would marry his son when she turned sixteen-years-old.

Eight years pass and with a month to go until the wedding Emily's parents are desperate to find a way to get her out of the wedding, especially after she is assaulted by David's son. But the real reason Emily's parent's fear for her safety was the simple fact that she was not born a girl, but a boy.

While Emily is a story of love and acceptance, it also explores a number of issues relevant in modern American society such as separation of church and state, corruption of government, disparages between rich and poor, unreasonable search and seizures, cruel and unusual punishment and the roles of traditional vs. non-traditional families.

It is my fond hope that you will read and enjoy this novel and I look forward to the day when it can be found on bookshelves nation-wide.

Finally, if you wish to write me, please contact me at emily@dana-deyoung.com or visit my Myspace page at www.myspace.com/adanadeyoung .

Thank you for stopping by,

Dana De Young