An unlikely group take on the task of saving the world from itself. Amita is a physicist, a computer hacker, a lover...and 79 years old. Jake is strong, in love with Amita, overprotective of his granddaughters...and 81 years old. Emmy is gentle, yet pragmatic, and has an unusual connection with nature...for an 8-year-old child. Jack is gorgeous, fearless, and powerful. But he's a dog. These are Rondy's companions as she ventures into a perilous no-man's land on a quest to rescue her brother. They are joined by Bear, a boy who makes Rondy feel things she has never felt. It begins when Rondy is...

In this first book of the Alice in Fred's Place trilogy, Rondy Suristein learns that her safe, secure life is anything but. It begins when she is arrested for the crime of missing a Dentist appointment. This glitch in Main's instructions is quickly remedied, but these glitches have been increasing in frequency as Main begins to break down. Fifty years earlier the world's population traded their frightening and unpredictable lives for the safety, security, and peaceful busyness of the world that Main created. Every trace of the past has been deleted; all information is filtered through Main....

In Wild, the second book of the Alice in Fred's Place trilogy, Rondy and her family have escaped from New Carolina and Main's unrelenting vigilance. But, with virtually no food or water and winter still upon them, survival takes precedence over the rescue of Rondy's brother and mother. When the first person they meet in the Wild is a corpse with a knife sticking out of his chest, Rondy begins to worry that escape may have been an impulsive and inappropriate path. The unlikely group must use their wits as they encounter the worst mankind has to offer and the best, sometimes in the same people....