BCC Vote for CrossFall: The Remnant Rises

Please help me find the most compelling back cover copy.

UPDATE Jan 30:

Option 4)
Monster focus

They came for her family at sunset. And they were not human.

In a world where civilization has collapsed, JulieAnn Bishop has spent nineteen years preparing to face the Unity’s super-soldiers. Trained in combat, survival, and the forbidden ways of belief, she thought she was ready.

But when they arrive to drag her father and siblings into the darkness, she discovers they are not men, but beasts. And now they’re after her.

She must take her wounded sister to safety. But then she discovers that the Unity doesn't imprison its enemies. It erases their memories.

JulieAnn's father left her a strategy: decode a cipher, reach the hidden sanctuary, save whoever you can. But following that protocol means choosing her sister's life over her family's souls.

Then a beast soldier changes sides. He knows where they take the prisoners. He can help her find her family—now, before it's too late. But trusting him means breaking her father's protocol, risking her sister's life, and following their worst enemy into the heart of Unity territory. He could be telling the truth.

Or he could be leading them straight into the memory-wipe facility to suffer the same fate as her family.

The deeper JulieAnn ventures into this strange new world, the more she realizes nothing is what it seems. Every answer spawns new questions. Every ally might be an enemy. And the choice before her is impossible: follow the plan and save one life, or trust a monster and risk losing everything—including herself.

Faith will get you killed. Delay will get you erased. Trust will cost you everything.

Option 5)
Cipher Focus

They came for her family at sunset. And she was left alone.

But when they arrive to drag her father and siblings into the darkness, she discovers they are not men, but beasts. And now they’re after her.

Hunted by a soldier left behind, she follows her training. JulieAnn's father left her a strategy: decode a cipher, reach the hidden sanctuary, save whoever you can. She must take her wounded sister to safety.

The location is locked in a code, and the key is inside her head—woven through years of homeschool lessons.

But then she discovers that the Unity doesn't imprison its enemies. It erases their memories. Now she’s torn—she has to rescue her family before their memories are wiped. But following her father’s protocol means choosing her sister's life over her family's souls.

While evading Unity patrols, JulieAnn races down the mountain, descending into a nightmare world of ruined cities and sickly underground colonies. Every hour she spends decoding brings her closer to saving her sister—and takes her farther from any chance of finding her family before their memories are erased forever.

Faith will get you killed. Delay will get you erased. Autonomy will cost you everything.

Option 6) combined

They came for her family at sunset. And they were not human.

In a world where civilization has collapsed, JulieAnn Bishop has spent nineteen years preparing to face the Unity’s super-soldiers, believing training and faith would be enough to protect the people she loves.

But when they arrive to drag her father and siblings into the darkness, she discovers they are not men but beasts—and now they are hunting her.

Wounded and outnumbered, JulieAnn flees with her sister, only to learn the truth the Unity hides: it doesn’t imprison its enemies—it erases their memories.

Her father left her a strategy for this moment—decode a cipher, reach the hidden sanctuary, save whoever you can—but the code is locked inside her mind, woven through years of lessons meant to prepare her for a choice she never wanted to make.

As she races down the mountain, decoding fragments while evading patrols, every hour spent saving her sister brings her closer to losing her family forever.

Then one of the beasts changes sides.

He knows where the prisoners are taken and offers to lead her there now—but trusting him means breaking her father’s plan, risking her sister’s life, and following a monster into the heart of Unity territory.

Faith will get you killed. Delay will get you erased. Trust may cost you everything.

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Option 1)

They came for her family at sunset. And they were not human.

In a world where faith is outlawed, math-loving JulieAnn Bishop has spent her life preparing for danger in the California mountains—while the world beyond the trees crumbled into totalitarianism.

But when the monstrous super-soldiers raid her family’s homestead, her Christian family is dragged away.

Armed with only martial arts training and a cryptic poem from her parents, JulieAnn journeys off the mountain. As she searches for where her family has been taken, she must decode clues hidden in her childhood education to take her wounded sister to the one place that might still be safe.

But the deeper she ventures into this strange new world, the more she discovers that nothing is what it seems--not the sickly underground dwelling humans, nor the rogue soldier who offers suspicious help, not the phosphorescent will-o'-the-wisp that's tracking her, nor the coat her father left behind.

To survive, should she obey her father’s protocol—or risk everything to ally with the enemy?

Perfect for readers of Ted Dekker, Nadine Brandes, Morgan Busse, and Jamie Lee Grey.

Break the code. Find the refuge. Don’t get erased.

Option 2)

They came for her family at sunset. And they were not human.

In a world where faith is outlawed, math-loving JulieAnn Bishop has spent her life preparing for danger in the California mountains—while the world beyond the trees quietly collapsed into totalitarian control.

When monstrous super-soldiers raid her family’s homestead, her Christian family is dragged away, and JulieAnn is left with only one goal: find them before they are lost forever.

Because the Unity doesn’t just imprison its enemies.

It erases them.

Built on a religion-free social credit game promising peace, security, and perfect health, the Unity maintains conformity by stripping dissenters of memory, identity, and belief. JulieAnn has days—maybe hours—to reach her family before they forget who they are… without being caught herself.

Then she finds her sister—alive, wounded, and suddenly depending on her for everything.

Armed with only martial-arts training and a cryptic poem left by her parents, JulieAnn journeys off the mountain. As she searches for where her family has been taken, she must decode clues hidden in her childhood education to get her sister to the one place that might still be safe.

But the deeper she ventures into this strange new world, the more nothing is what it seems—not the sickly underground humans, not the rogue monster-soldier offering suspicious help, not the phosphorescent will-o’-the-wisp tracking her path… and not the coat her father left behind.

To survive, should she obey her father’s meticulous protocol—or risk everything by aligning with the enemy?

Perfect for readers of Ted Dekker, Nadine Brandes, Morgan Busse, and Jamie Lee Grey.

Break the code. Find the refuge. Don’t get erased.

Option 3)

They came for her family at sunset. And they were not human.

In a world where faith is forbidden and civilization has collapsed into darkness, seventeen-year-old JulieAnn Bishop has spent her life preparing for the inevitable. Hidden in the California mountains, her Christian family trained her in mathematics, martial arts, and survival skills while the totalitarian regime below hunted down believers. But no amount of preparation could ready her for the night the monstrous super-soldiers attacked. In minutes, her parents and siblings are dragged into the darkness, leaving only blood, a cryptic poem, and her wounded sister behind.

Armed with fragments of a puzzle hidden in her homeschool education, JulieAnn descends from the only home she's ever known into a nightmarish world that defies everything she thought she understood. The cities are graveyards. Humans huddle in sickly underground colonies. A mysterious rogue soldier offers help she can't trust. And something otherworldly is tracking her, a phosphorescent will-o'-the-wisp that seems to predict her every move. As she races to decode her parents' clues and find sanctuary for her dying sister, JulieAnn discovers that her father's coat, the poem, and even her own identity are pieces of a larger mystery that could either save the Remnant or destroy them all.

Every choice matters. Every answer leads to more questions. And the deadline is counting down. Should she follow her father's strict protocol and stay hidden, or forge a dangerous alliance with the very forces that destroyed her world? In a game where the stakes are eternal and the enemy wears many faces, JulieAnn must decide what she's willing to sacrifice to save those she loves.

Break the code. Find the refuge. Don't get erased.