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Gelassenheit: A B-Company Origin Tale (Tales of B-Company Book 0) Kindle Edition

by Chris Pourteau (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
From the World of Michael Bunker's PENNSYLVANIA...a B-Company Origin Story.

A generation before Jedediah Troyer arrives in New Pennsylvania, the despotic Transport Authority asks Abram Brenneman to modernize his methods for raising crops in the Amish Zone. More efficient farming will produce more food, and that benefits everyone—doesn’t it?

For the Authority, it’s a simple request, a no-brainer. For the Brenneman family, changing how they raise crops means changing who they are as Plain People. When Abram strives to maintain his cultural traditions, he creates dissension within his own family—and conflict with local money-Amishman Matthew Yoder and his Transport friends.

Abram soon faces a decision that will alter the course of his family’s lives forever. And the choice he makes starts his young daughter Mary down the road of fate that leads to her becoming the beloved QB of Bestimmung Company.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B010NXN62W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ James C. Pourteau
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2015
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.0 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 27 pages
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Chris Pourteau is the bestselling author of the sci-fi thriller novels of the SynCorp Saga (co-authored with David Bruns), the post-apocalyptic Serenity Strain novels, and the military sci-fi collection Tales of B-Company. His first novel, Shadows Burned In, earned the 2015 eLit Book Awards Gold Medal for Literary Fiction. The Lazarus Protocol, the first novel in the SynCorp Saga, placed in the Top Ten in Read Freely's 2018 50 Best Indie Book of the Year contest; it was the highest-rated Sci-Fi novel in the contest.

He’s also edited and curated bestselling short story collections including the two animal-centric collections Tails of the Apocalypse and Tails of Dystopia (with Samuel Peralta), as well as Bridge Across the Stars, a collection of Sci-Fi stories from indie and traditionally published authors published by Sci-Fi Bridge, which Chris co-founded. His dayjob is editor-in-chief for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, which researches cutting-edge technologies across the transportation spectrum.

When he’s not writing, editing, or working the dayjob, Chris loves exercising regularly, watching shows like Star Trek and Stranger Things, and reading his favorite authors. Those include Bernard Cornwell, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Edgar Allan Poe, and Max Collins. He lives in Texas with his wife, son, and two dogs. (He’s a HUGE dog person, by the way.)

Find out more about Chris and his writing through his newsletter. Sign up and get free stuff at https://chrispourteau.com/newsletter.

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  • Preston Leigh
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Beginning
    Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2015
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    I am not sure if Michael Bunker knew what was going to happen when he wrote Pennsylvania. Chris Pourteau, along with countless others, fell in love with this world. Michael Bunker then opened up his world to other authors to write stories in. Chris Pourteau jumped at this opportunity and has created a story that goes great with the Pennsylvania world.
    Gelassenheit is a great story that sets up some very important story lines. It is a great start to the Company B Story line and to me makes the other stories that much more enjoyable. But be warned, once you start the series you will not want to stop.
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  • Chris Hammond
    5.0 out of 5 stars A short story set in Michael Bunker's Pennsylvania.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015
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    A short story set in Michael Bunker's Pennsylvania. An Amish family being pushed to conform to things against their beliefs struggle with themselves as the kids do not want to be forced to conform or have their farm taken from them. One of the kids decides to take the gospel as black and white which leads them to do the worst thing an Amish could do, violence.

    Recommended read.
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  • Chris Fried @ The Indie Athenaeum
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Amish family is torn between living according to their beliefs or standing up to an oppressive government!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2015
    Abram Brenneman lives in the Amish Zone with his wife, 17-year-old son Thomas and 12-year-old daughter Mary, living in accordance with their dearly held cultural beliefs. When Transport states they must provide them with food and resources or be relocated, Abram has trouble holding his family together when there is a severe disagreement on how to respond to this threat from their hot-headed son. Something surprising then happens that changes the equation altogether in a stunning and disturbing turn of events. This tale was a riveting and enthralling story of one family's struggle between the old and the modern. It also features a searing psychological portrait of how each family member interprets their cultural beliefs.

    If you've heard of the Brenneman name, you've read (and should read if you haven't already done so) the authors military sci-fi stories set in this world: Tales of B-Company: The Complete Collection, as this story provides crucial background info for Mary Brenneman, one of its main characters.
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  • The George's
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Brief Story with Big Implications
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2015
    Going to break my no-five star rule on this one, and for good reason. Author Chris Pourteau takes a really big story like Pennsylvania and boils it down to the bare minimum with his story of Abram Brenneman and his children. A short story with a truly powerful ending. The tile and its meaning is every bit as challenging as the decisions facing the Brenneman's - decisions all must make whether in the AZ are in our very real world.

    On a side note, I really have a beef with Michael Bunker and Chris Porteau. If they don't quit writing works I simply must read and then cannot put down I may never finish what I'm working on.
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  • Lyn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Complement to the World of New Pennsylvania
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
    Pourteau's backstory to one of the main characters in his B-Company novels (set in the Amish science fiction world of Michael Bunker's Pennsylvania Omnibus) is a smartly told exploration of family, culture, tradition, and the pressures of modernization. While not as gripping as his action-packed books, Gettysburg and Susquehanna, Gelassenheit does a good job balancing a self-conscious narrator (the father telling you, the reader, his story) and the plot demands which keep a story moving toward a startling and thought-provoking conclusion. Four and a half stars. Definitely recommended for fans of future alt-history, especially when read in conjunction with the many other stories of New Pennsylvania.
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  • Philip Harris
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2015
    If you've read Chris Pourteau's B-Company novellas (Gettysburg, Susquehanna and Columbia) you'll know Mary Brenneman as an adult (and if you haven't read them, you should). Gelassenheit gives us Mary's backstory and some insight into how she became the person she is in those books, as well as a nice snapshot of life under the Transport Authority.

    Every time I read one of Chris Pourteau's stories I come away impressed and Gelassenheit is no exception - it's an entertaining, well written and tightly crafted tale, and one I'll definitely be rereading.
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  • VeggieLover
    5.0 out of 5 stars The backstory of a great female leader in the world of Pennsylvania
    Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2015
    Gelassenheit is a wonderful story that gives fans of B Company the backstory on QB Mary Brenneman. I loved her character in Chris Pourteau's Gettysburg, Susquehanna, and Columbia books, all based on Michael Bunker's Pennsylvania. Fans of the stories will enjoy reading about Mary's youth and the events that formed her personality and determination.
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  • dandeliondreamer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Where the QB came from!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2015
    A great start to Pourteau's series from the world of Pennsylvania. Well-written origin tale of Mary Brenneman that originally appeared in the collection Tales From Pennsylvania and shows the world how the QB got her feisty beginnings. You'll want to try this one today!
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