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The Wall
When a mutated HIV virus causes a global epidemic, one city in the American Southwest builds a wall that divides the city into two zones, separating the infected from the uninfected. As the epidemic continues to spread, unrest grows in the South Zone, where the infected are quarantined. Now in the scorching heat of summer, their power has gone off, and it can only be a matter of time until the wall fails to hold back the coming firestorm of violence. When that happens, will any place be safe?
25-year-old Sarah, who has sought refuge in the city after losing her family, lives in the North Zone and teaches children orphaned by the epidemic. To shield herself from more hurt, she distances herself emotionally from others, but she can’t turn her back on everyone. Someone has to help the elderly woman who lives down the hall. And then there is the orphan Indian girl in her class who will be sent to a reservation to die unless she can prevent it. And how can she say no to Martin, the young hospital orderly from the South Zone who shows up at her high-rise with a bullet wound and a dangerous request?
As the crisis escalates, Sarah must overcome her past trauma and join forces with friends and strangers to save the people she cares about. She must decide who she can trust and what risks she is willing to take, including the risk of letting herself love again.
25-year-old Sarah, who has sought refuge in the city after losing her family, lives in the North Zone and teaches children orphaned by the epidemic. To shield herself from more hurt, she distances herself emotionally from others, but she can’t turn her back on everyone. Someone has to help the elderly woman who lives down the hall. And then there is the orphan Indian girl in her class who will be sent to a reservation to die unless she can prevent it. And how can she say no to Martin, the young hospital orderly from the South Zone who shows up at her high-rise with a bullet wound and a dangerous request?
As the crisis escalates, Sarah must overcome her past trauma and join forces with friends and strangers to save the people she cares about. She must decide who she can trust and what risks she is willing to take, including the risk of letting herself love again.
284 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2016
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Deanna Madden
10 books211 followersI write novels that cross genres but frequently involve the past (historical) or the future (speculative). I have taught literature and creative writing as a college teacher, and some of that immersion in literature finds its way into my writing. Originally from the Midwest, I now live in Honolulu, Hawaii, where snow is never an issue but hurricanes are.
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March 19, 2020
During the Coronavirus outbreak it is not a bad idea to read dystopian novels about virus. In this case the world is infected by a mutation of HIV, people are divided into infected and healthy ones and it is all pretty dangerous.
I really liked the book. It is a pretty fast paced story where a lot is happening. One doesn't predict everything that will happen. The characters are pretty well developed. It is partially a romance but this is a very small part of the book. For the most part it is about the virus dystopia and people surviving in it. A fast and fun read.
I really liked the book. It is a pretty fast paced story where a lot is happening. One doesn't predict everything that will happen. The characters are pretty well developed. It is partially a romance but this is a very small part of the book. For the most part it is about the virus dystopia and people surviving in it. A fast and fun read.
January 21, 2019
Not good. At all.
The premise, though interesting, was not well handled. Character development was rushed and unconvincing. It was not clear why the world was as it was. The virus??? No information about the virus. Basically there was far too much happening that was inelegantly described. It reads like a hasty 2nd draft.
The premise, though interesting, was not well handled. Character development was rushed and unconvincing. It was not clear why the world was as it was. The virus??? No information about the virus. Basically there was far too much happening that was inelegantly described. It reads like a hasty 2nd draft.
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