Until now.
“But…” Troy protested, “what about courtship? Romance? We’re just teenagers—we don’t even know if we’re compatible!”
Mirza leaned in and looked back and forth between them. “Fewer than two hundred adults are alive on this planet, right here in this compound, and only a handful are added to our numbers via the Corridor each year. We do not have the luxury of romance.”
Troy and Victoria glanced at each other again, and then nervously looked away. But neither turned loose the other’s hand.
Mirza, noting this, stood to his full height. “But if it is love that concerns you… You both sacrificed yourself to save the other. If that is not love, nothing on this Earth is.”
Victoria clutched Troy’s hand tighter as Mirza exited the room, and he squeezed hers in return. But could it really be that simple?
In the years to come, Troy and Victoria would have to find the answer to that question for themselves. They would build a life together in their strange new society, and they would both want to find ways to contribute to it and to its future.
Troy had no idea what that future would be. He knew only one thing for certain. He and Victoria would talk and talk, every day, and find refuge in the sounds of each other’s voices.
And they would spend every moment possible with their hands clasped tight.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you, Karen, for putting up with all the long hours and hard work it took to write this book. I love you, and I always will.
Thank you, Evan and Emma, for teaching me to love more than I ever knew I was capable of.
Thank you, Mom, for helping me to believe that I could do anything.
Thank you, Stonehouse Ink, for believing in me.
Thank you, dear reader, for taking this ride with me. Let’s take another soon.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
“Robin Parrish is a keen-eyed, passionate pop cultural savant, whose writing is as incisive and insightful as it is entertaining.”
- Allan Heinberg, Executive Producer, Grey’s Anatomy
Robin Parrish wants to take you on a ride.
A wild ride -- which is exactly what you’re in for when you pick up one of his books. And he’s adamant that it will never be the same kind of experience twice.
Robin’s stories mix, mingle, and meld various genres together to create thoroughly original suspense/thrillers. His Dominion Trilogy, for example, mashed up superhero action, secret societies, ancient myths, and an apocalyptic setting to create an entirely new take on the classic “hero’s journey.” Offworld mixed science fiction and an end-of-the-world scenario with high-octane action. Nightmare, his 2010 novel, is a spine-tingling examination of the world of the paranormal, paired with can’t-put-it-down mystery. He describes his 2011 novel, Vigilante, as a story about a man who sets out to do something that no one has ever done before.
Always pushing the envelope, ever on the edge of where modern storytelling is going, Robin Parrish will gladly and unapologetically tell you that he’s an entertainer, a weaver of stories that ignite the mind and delight the heart. Defying labels and refusing pigeonholes, his imagination is fueled by the possibilities of asking “What if...?”, and as anyone who’s read his work knows, he has a very big imagination. Readers will be happy to know that he has an endless supply of wild stories with enormous scope, that are still yet to come.
As a journalist, Robin has worked for About.com, CMCentral.com (RIP), INFUZEmag.com (also RIP), PopCultureGeek.com, b5media, SplashPress Media, and many more. His writing has been printed in numerous magazines and newspapers.
His influences as a novelist range from television and film storytellers like Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams, to masters of the modern myth like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Akin to Philip K. Dick’s search for the meaning of identity, most of what Robin writes about boils down to his own ponderings and examinations of just what this thing we call “existence” really is.
Copyright © 2011 by Robin Parrish. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author except as provided by USA copyright law.
This novel is a work of fiction. Names, descriptions, entities, and incidents included in the story are products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, events, and entities is entirely coincidental.
StoneHouse Ink 2011
Boise ID 83713
www.StoneHouseInk.net
First eBook Edition 2011
Book design by Tyler Evans
Published in the United States of America
StoneHouse Ink
Table of Contents
Praise for Robin Parrish
Title Page
Other works by Robin Parrish
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Acknowledgements
About the Author
Copyright Information
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