Counteract by Tracy Lawson

Counteract by Tracy Lawson

The government uses fear to control you. Show no fear, and they will destroy you.


Still raw from the death of his parents, eighteen-year-old Tommy Bailey isn't sure if he wants to live--until he meets complex and intriguing Careen. He comes to her aid during a terrorist gas-strike, sharing his last dose of the government-mandated antidote that, they've been told, is key to their survival. Without enough antidote, the teens expect to die. Instead, they discover the terrorist attack wasn't real, and the antidote was never meant to protect them--it was meant to dull their thoughts and make them easy to control.

As he and Careen search for the truth, Tommy learns that his parents were operatives in an underground resistance group that's fighting to overthrow the government. The Resistance expects him to continue his parents' crusade. The government's hunting him down. Which side will get to him first?

Tracy Lawson is a Cincinnati native and a Princeton High School and Ohio University graduate. Tracy settled into a profession in the performing arts, teaching dance and choreographing musicals, after working in advertising and later as an investigative analyst for the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. Tracy credits her employment at the Florida Board of Bar Examiners with improving her pre-internet research abilities. Tracy credits her employment at the Florida Board of Bar Examiners with honing her pre-internet research skills while continuing to choreograph musical stage performances. Tracy credits her employment at the Florida Board of Bar Examiners with honing her pre-internet research skills while continuing to choreograph musical stage performances. Her interest in family history led her to look into the details of her great-great-great-grandfather Henry Rogers' 1838 travel journal, and what began as a fun exercise turned into a compelling desire to learn more about the times, the lives, the accomplishments, and the legacy of her family and those who built, operated, expanded, and kept alive the railroad. Tracy's interest in family history led to the publication of two books, Fips, Bots, Doggeries, and More (2012) and Pride of the Valley (2017). She is a mother of one daughter and the owner of two pampered cats.