"Owing no small debt to this novel's timely dystopian backdrop, contemporary readers are sure to connect with Kricket Foster as a 'woke' warrior woman worthy of cherishing and championing."KRISTOPHER ZGORSKI, founder of BOLO Booksand 2018 MWA Raven Award Recipient
"In Kricket, Penni Jones creates a dystopian version of the country that rivals The Hunger Games. When the government takes away the right to religious freedom, access to life saving drugs, and the legality of choosing who to love, Kricket quietly becomes a gun wielding, shady-cop-killing badass, out to protect her fellow citizens. But when Kricket stumbles into a surprise discovery about her own past, she's forced to dive deeper into a political power structure she'd rather avoid completely. A relentless journey of discovery that will leave you wanting more." LIBBY KIRSCH, Emmy Award winning journalist and author of the Stella Reynolds Mystery Series
"In this scary, wonderfully imaginative novel, Penni Jones has created a frightening, all too believable Orwellian America where books are banned, sexual intolerance reigns, churches are merely fronts for alcohol distribution, and the country is ruled by an all-powerful, iron-fisted DRA (Department of Religious Affairs). In Kricket, she has created a heroic young single mother who, along with her compatriots wages war against the establishment."CHARLES SALZBERG, journalist, acclaimed writing instructor, and author of the Henry Swann Mystery Series, Devil in the Hole, and Second Story Man.