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TOUCHED
Renee is just surviving; walking a fine line between staying useful and being forgettable, she exists on the fringes of a dissolving utopia. As a self appointed guide to forbidden outposts, Renee secretly trades her knowledge and skills for the most illegal substance available, human contact. It is one of many secrets that keep her on the move, isolated and just surviving.
When, for her own reasons, Renee saves three strangers, she unexpectedly sets herself on a course that will no longer allow her to be so forgettable. A fugitive by birth, Renee navigates the wilderness better than people but her social deficiency is no longer a strong enough deterrent to the desperate souls who follow her.
As her journey, and the obsessions of her traveling companions gather attention, she struggles to remain unchanged by the force that pulls her to the last place she should be going. Old fires are awakened as again and again she must trust life and limb to virtual strangers. With the last of her hope spent, Renee faces the questions that have haunted her every step. It is time to decide if she will pay her debts, no matter the cost, or finally disappear into the wilderness for good.
Eric is at the end of his rope. His own search has left him hopeless in the face of the epidemic that is sweeping the planet, quietly smothering the only life he has known. As a bus accident offers to finish him off, he is stunned to be rescued by a strange woman who saves him in more ways than one. Irrational hope leads him to places he never dreamed of, making him question the rules he had so blindly trusted. Eric's perception of life spirals out of control every time he uncovers another element of his rescuer's secret but nothing had prepared him for the consequences of playing the hero.
The problem is that the cure is completely illegal and could get anyone killed for demonstrating it. After all, it hasn't been legal to touch another person for years.
When, for her own reasons, Renee saves three strangers, she unexpectedly sets herself on a course that will no longer allow her to be so forgettable. A fugitive by birth, Renee navigates the wilderness better than people but her social deficiency is no longer a strong enough deterrent to the desperate souls who follow her.
As her journey, and the obsessions of her traveling companions gather attention, she struggles to remain unchanged by the force that pulls her to the last place she should be going. Old fires are awakened as again and again she must trust life and limb to virtual strangers. With the last of her hope spent, Renee faces the questions that have haunted her every step. It is time to decide if she will pay her debts, no matter the cost, or finally disappear into the wilderness for good.
Eric is at the end of his rope. His own search has left him hopeless in the face of the epidemic that is sweeping the planet, quietly smothering the only life he has known. As a bus accident offers to finish him off, he is stunned to be rescued by a strange woman who saves him in more ways than one. Irrational hope leads him to places he never dreamed of, making him question the rules he had so blindly trusted. Eric's perception of life spirals out of control every time he uncovers another element of his rescuer's secret but nothing had prepared him for the consequences of playing the hero.
The problem is that the cure is completely illegal and could get anyone killed for demonstrating it. After all, it hasn't been legal to touch another person for years.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 11, 2012
About the author
Jennie Komp
1 book5 followersJennie excelled at writing and storytelling from an early age. She wrote, illustrated and bound her first book at the age of nine. By the time she was thirteen she was reading and writing at the same level as a freshman in college. Painfully shy, her quest for self-expression, and her own voice, led her to compete in ballroom dance though high school. Graduating early, Jennie entered the collegiate world at the age of seventeen. After a dance injury in her first year of college she returned to her first love, stories; this time it was through the medium of theater.
While she craved the lead spot light, her talents were most often seen in cameo or character roles. For these she received rave reviews and even won awards but the true benefit came in hindsight. Since the smaller parts were not enough she often volunteered, helping out backstage and running lines with the leads. It gave her precious time to observe, to work stories from multiple perspectives, eventually coaching actors in the development of their on stage personas. She showed promise as a director and scene writer with a profound understanding of dialog. Within a year she was offered a full ride scholarship.
Jennie grew up on the move. By the age of fourteen she had lived in five different states and spent a year in Greece and she is still on the move. Her experience ranges from a working farm to dense city but she has learned that her heart is in nature. She sites her first trip to the Redwoods as “Life Changing”. Ever a student of her own personal growth, she says that she is a lover of great stories first and a writer second. Given the choice, she would be directing movies because she feels that those are the stories that make the biggest impact.
She writes what she loves to read. In 2003 she began entering her character and story driven poetry in national competitions. She won an Editor’s Choice Award two years in a row. Her most recent project, TOUCHED, began as a ten minute play. When she realized she had not stopped thinking about it for a year she decided to write until she knew what became of her characters. The result has been the thrilling start to what is sure to be memorable series.
Jennie currently makes her home just south of Portland, Oregon, with her wonderful husband David and their two dogs.
While she craved the lead spot light, her talents were most often seen in cameo or character roles. For these she received rave reviews and even won awards but the true benefit came in hindsight. Since the smaller parts were not enough she often volunteered, helping out backstage and running lines with the leads. It gave her precious time to observe, to work stories from multiple perspectives, eventually coaching actors in the development of their on stage personas. She showed promise as a director and scene writer with a profound understanding of dialog. Within a year she was offered a full ride scholarship.
Jennie grew up on the move. By the age of fourteen she had lived in five different states and spent a year in Greece and she is still on the move. Her experience ranges from a working farm to dense city but she has learned that her heart is in nature. She sites her first trip to the Redwoods as “Life Changing”. Ever a student of her own personal growth, she says that she is a lover of great stories first and a writer second. Given the choice, she would be directing movies because she feels that those are the stories that make the biggest impact.
She writes what she loves to read. In 2003 she began entering her character and story driven poetry in national competitions. She won an Editor’s Choice Award two years in a row. Her most recent project, TOUCHED, began as a ten minute play. When she realized she had not stopped thinking about it for a year she decided to write until she knew what became of her characters. The result has been the thrilling start to what is sure to be memorable series.
Jennie currently makes her home just south of Portland, Oregon, with her wonderful husband David and their two dogs.
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