Description:
A harrowing story of love and survival.
In a future of scarce resources, where the possession of gas and diesel is punishable by death, a teenage boy and a pregnant girl must save their impoverished family. They risk their lives on a terrifying journey to sell stolen fuel on the black market.
Excerpt:
Joe turned and ran back into the gully, but he didn’t get very far. A sudden blast of wind shoved him to the ground. Flat on his face, he heard the wind whistling and screeching past his ears. When he lifted his head, he couldn’t see the pregnant girl anymore. All the dust whirled and whipped into a blinding black blizzard. He thought for sure she’d gotten snatched up in the dust storm. The wind lashed at his face. He went to call out to her, but he didn’t know what to say because he didn’t know her name. And even if he did, his voice would’ve gotten lost in the snarling wind. Nevertheless, he had to find her.
Joe turned and ran back into the gully, but he didn’t get very far. A sudden blast of wind shoved him to the ground. Flat on his face, he heard the wind whistling and screeching past his ears. When he lifted his head, he couldn’t see the pregnant girl anymore. All the dust whirled and whipped into a blinding black blizzard. He thought for sure she’d gotten snatched up in the dust storm. The wind lashed at his face. He went to call out to her, but he didn’t know what to say because he didn’t know her name. And even if he did, his voice would’ve gotten lost in the snarling wind. Nevertheless, he had to find her.
SHORT INTERVIEW:
Who is the audience for Never Too Far?
I would say that both adults and
young adults would enjoy this novel very much. Fans of dystopian fiction,
coming-of-age stories, adventure and suspense would like it as well.
Where did the idea for the novel come from?
The idea for Never Too Far came from two sources, really. Several years ago, my
wife gave me a book called The Long
Emergency by James Howard Kunstler about the consequences of running out of
oil. Around the same time, I also read The
Road by Cormac McCarthy. I really loved it. It was dark and ominous, but
also full of tenderness between the boy and his father. I started thinking
about a future where oil was scarce, and global warming had heated the planet,
and some kind of desperate journey, like in The
Road. I first wrote it as a short story, but I liked it so much that I
turned it into a novel.
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