Distant Horizon
by Stephanie Flint
& Isaac Flint
Published October 27,
2016
Publisher: Infinitas
Publishing
Genre: Dystopian,
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Blurb:
The
Community is safe.
Unless
you have superpowers.
Sixty
years ago, a hallucinogenic plague annihilated half the world’s population,
leading to the formation of the Community—an international government that
promises its citizens safety, security, and efficiency. Every day, Community
citizens swallow a mandatory pill to ensure their immunity to the plague. A
year after graduating high school, they take the Health Scan.
Most
pass, and continue with their lives. Others disappear.
Eighteen-year-old
Jenna Nickleson hasn’t taken the pill since her senior year in high school. She
feels more alive without it, and she hasn’t shown any signs of infection—at
least, not until two days after a surprise Health Scan is announced and Special
Forces arrive at her university campus.
Spurred
by the recent string of hallucinations, Jenna searches for any inkling of what
happens to those who fail the scan. Rumor has it that they’re sent away for
treatment and, once cured, receive a menial job. But when she uncovers the
cruel truth behind the plague, her ideal world is shattered.
Underneath
the illusion of safety, Special Forces agents harbor a dark secret.
The
plague is a lie.
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My
Review:
Eighteen-year-old
Jenna Nickleson lives in a world that was destroyed years ago by a plague that
caused people to hallucinate. A new government was created that has promised to
keep the people safe in the new Community.
In
this new world everyone has to take a pill that will keep them from getting
sick. A while back Jenna stopped taking her pill and discovered that she could
think better and that her world was clearer. Every so often everyone has to be
scanned to ensure that they have not become infected. If someone does become
infected they are taken away for treatment but are never heard from again.
Jenna
is worried because the time has come for everyone in the community to be scanned
and she knows she will probably scan positive since she has not been taking her
pill. So she turns to her two best friends Lance and Tim for help.
But
before she can be taken away her grandfather shows up right out of the blue and
takes her away. Her best friends Lance and Tim decide to go with her and become
a part of the rebel group as well.
The
rebels are a group of people that want to expose the government and the
Community for what they truly are and all their lies and what they are doing to
the people that scan to be positive for the plague.
I
love reading books in the dystopian genre and will read almost anything in this
genre that I can get my hands on if I can. I have loved reading Distant Horizon
and the world the author has created. The Community is a well-developed and
organized world. I really liked Tim’s ability that he has with computers. I
loved the telepathy and the flying cars were amazing. How fast could these
flying cars travel? How long would it take to go from one continent to another?
I
would like to recommend Distant Horizon to anyone who loves dystopian, science
fiction genre or who just loves a good book and is looking for something
outside of their norm.
About the Authors
Stephanie and Isaac Flint met
at the University of Central Missouri, where they soon discovered a common
interest in world-building and tabletop role-play games. Distant Horizon is their first joint world, the result of a
role-play game Isaac ran in the summer of 2010. After graduating with Bachelors
of Science (Photography for Stephanie, Psychology for Isaac), Stephanie and
Isaac married in 2012. Together, they plot stories, torment each other’s
characters, and enjoy the occasional cosplay. Infinitas Publishing
Website: infinitaspublishing.com
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