A New Dystopian Novel (in case you enjoyed A Handmaid's Tale)
Counting Stars How would you solve the problems in today’s society? Just imagine: no more war, no more terrorism. Famine, poverty and crime are all things discussed in history lessons. Everyone has employment, health care and education. But at what cost? Imagine a future not so very distant. Think about what might be. I am excited to introduce Counting Stars, a dystopian novel set about 100 years from now. I took advice from an economist, a lawyer, and a scientist, asking what the world might look like in the near future. My rule was: It has to be possible even if it isn't probable. I then began to create a world. Whatever the world might look like in the future, people will be the same. Adolescents will still ignore their mothers, wives will still moan about their husbands. So I created a family, and put them into the world. We have Lena, the reluctant heroine, her two children and Den, a man struggling with his own health. There is nothing special about Lena. She is li...