They are on their way (driving slower than they probably should) and just then, they see Denise’s former teacher by the side of the road, experiencing problems with her own transport and Denise’s mother decides to stop and help.Īnd that’s it. It is unlikely they will reach the shelter in time, and even if they do, it is highly doubtful they would open the doors. Has she found shelter elsewhere? Is she even alive?), Denise knows it is already too late. By the time they get going (without Iris, Iris never shows up. But Iris is nowhere to be found, their mother is hesitating before leaving (is she waiting for Iris? Is she saying goodbye to their lives? Or is she simply high?). That’s when they – Denise, her mother and her sister Iris – need to leave for their shelter just outside Amsterdam. The second time Denise’s future vanishes is a few months after that, on January 29, 2035, the day the comet is going to hit. Denise is lucky to get a government-assigned temporary shelter, which might be just safe enough to survive the impact. Those who are rich or influential (like Denise’s father who is back in Suriname) get to live their lives underground in a permanent shelter. Those who are really lucky win the lottery to leave Earth in one of the generation ships off to colonise recently found inhabitable planets. The first time Denise’s future vanishes is the day of the announcement: a comet is coming, it’s going to hit the Earth and everything will be different. When the future of the human race is at stake, whose lives matter most? Can she obtain a spot before the ship takes flight? What about her mother and sister? Denise is autistic and fears that she’ll never be allowed to stay. But everyone on the ship has been chosen because of their usefulness. That’s the day the comet is scheduled to hit-the big one.ĭenise and her mother and sister, Iris, have been assigned to a temporary shelter outside their hometown of Amsterdam to wait out the blast, but Iris is nowhere to be found, and at the rate Denise’s drug-addicted mother is going, they’ll never reach the shelter in time.Ī last-minute meeting leads them to something better than a temporary shelter: a generation ship, scheduled to leave Earth behind to colonize new worlds after the comet hits.
Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Apocalypse NOW, get thee to a shelter (or a generation ship, if you can): the sophomore novel by Corinne Duyvis is as bit as good as I was expecting.
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