Have you seen the end of the world? A family of three on a month-long road trip to the most remote regions of northern British Columbia enjoy their scenic vacation until a group of unfamiliar men arrives at their isolated camp demanding their food and fuel. During their encounter, Katerina’s husband, Greyson, is shot and her son, Jay, is kidnapped. As Katerina struggles to save her husband and reunite their family, they discover that the world around them has descended into chaos, following an unprecedented disaster. During their absence from civilization, the world has been bombarded by a massive solar storm, causing widespread failure of communication systems and power grids around the globe. With no help forthcoming from the authorities, police or hospitals, they find they must rely on their own knowledge and wits to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, Jack, a troubled math teacher on a marathon road trip across America, continues his journey, hell-bent on completing a mission that only he can understand.
Northern Light
• 5 years ago
This dystopian novel explores survival when the world we know, the one dependent on electricity, gasoline, fast food and electronics, comes to a skidding halt. Weâre introduced to this new realty in drips and drabs as it slowly dawns on a nice couple, with one teenage boy and dog, that nice no longer applies. The other character we find ourselves riding alongside is a disturbed math teacher that has a fascination with fire. We swing in between these two stories as each struggles to…
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