![]() ![]() ![]() This book was written prior to the current pandemic and all that has happened in 2020, so it might not be considered dystopian fiction after all. All in all, this is a very disturbing novel on many levels. With no way to determine what is happening, there is nothing to do but wait and keep on going and hope. Then a booming sound so loud it brings the humans to their knees. What is going on? Suddenly animals and birds are acting strangely. Could they please stay? Can this couple be trusted to be who they say they are? How widespread is the blackout? When will they get any news from the outside world? The internet and TV are down and there is no cell phone service. ![]() Their peaceful retreat is suddenly shattered when an older Black couple appear at their door in the middle of the night claiming to be the owners of the house and that they can’t return to the city because there is a blackout. A family consisting of the parents and their 2 teenage children head out of NYC to a remote luxurious home they’ve rented for a week’s vacation, planning to leave the world behind. ![]()
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