Torn: Book 2 of The Beautiful Ones Trilogy (The Cassandra Programme Series)

What would you do if you were stranded in 2081, with no way back to the present? What if only one person knew the truth about what had happened to you? A person you could neither trust nor work with… Immersed in a future where Earth has become severely overpopulated and cannot support its fourteen billion inhabitants, the dire consequences are more terrible than Olivia and DeAnn ever considered: scarcity of water, famine, overcrowding, mass animal extinctions and human life now considered worthless.Even if Olivia and DeAnn manage to fool the future Programme into believing that they are real Agents, they’re woefully underqualified and have no idea what they’re doing. Little do they know that their lives are now in more peril than ever; the Programme is not what it seems… Forced by circumstances to become reluctant partners, they are sent to Uganda, where they uncover a conspiracy by a pharmaceutical company to conduct medical tests on the local population. Will Olivia and DeAnn find a way to become the Agents they are supposed to be? It’s unlikely that they will make it out of Uganda alive unless they learn to work together…Torn is the second book in The Beautiful Ones trilogy, a series of exciting adventure thrillers set in an unsettling new world, while delivering entertaining and thought-provoking action. If you like heart-stopping thrillers with a political edge then you’ll love O.M. Faure’s compelling look at the future that awaits us. Buy Torn to discover how the globetrotting story unfolds!

'The Beautiful Ones captures the human predicament through the overpopulation lens with fearless clarity. O.M. Faure weaves the interconnections of overconsumption by the wealthy, environmental degradation, racism, and poverty, into a thriller that moves from today to 2081 and lays clearly at the readers’ feet a challenge for all of us to change current behaviors now.'
Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb and Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University

‘A tremendously ambitious, thought-provoking and worthwhile project. O. M. Faure has conjured up a colourful cast of characters caught up in an entertaining story in which action is informed by important ideas about our global past, present and future. An impressive achievement!’ Sue Belfrage, author of Down to the River and Up to the Trees
‘The Beautiful Ones is a story that people need to read and a discussion that needs to happen in society. The characters feel like they’re alive. The book made me laugh out loud a lot... and it also made me tear up. I would keep the clapping going for a great story with a compelling idea and a gripping narrative.’ Tony King, author of Fishing for Music and Australian Songwriter of the Year 2009
‘Captivating, unsettling, bold. O. M. Faure's The Beautiful Ones isn’t afraid to hit you hard with the “first they came for them and now they're coming for you”. With such authenticity and heart, this trilogy will touch your life and spark many conversations.’ Isabelle Felix, author of Deafinitely
‘In The Beautiful Ones, O.M. Faure offers us a chilling glance into a world not so very far from our own, and paints a compelling picture of a dystopian future that may be closer than we think.’
Clare Kane, author of Dragons in Shallow Waters.