Tuesday 7 March 2017

Alex McGilvery

A new author to me but I like a tale of a dark future. Makes today seem not so bad!




My review -

It’s two hundred years into the future and the old have it all. The ruling Council consists of Methuselahs – people so old that many are on life-support. They resent the young and use them almost as slave labour or spare parts. Trey is brought up in a Youth Reserve where people are educated to do the menial tasks and are kept compliant with drugs. He escapes and finds a place in the Underground, a movement working to change society.

I found this dystopian tale really intriguing. The concept that the old would fight death even to the extent of attempting cloning or harvesting organs from their own young is chilling. The sociology explores in this story challenges the modern idea that the elderly are soaking up resources and puts them in the driving seat. These old people are active, not passive, in ensuring they can live for an unfeasibly long time. Some have the ambition to become immortal but members of the Underground want to return to a fair society. I really enjoyed this story.

I received a review copy of this book.

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