THE DETANIEE by Peter Liney is a post-modern tale of the
effects of the downfall of our society. It is a story of
desperation and triumphs, both in the light and the dark.
Clancy the "Big Guy" not only shows us his fear of what
lurks in the fog, but also shows us the fear we have in
ourselves of getting old.
Clancy and his friends live in a world where society has
removed the elderly, and the children for that matter.
When
the daunting fog rolls in lives are changed and many are
lost. More than anything though, there is a fight against
all of the things that have plagued their society. With
the
help of those who Clancy would have never sought help
from,
the fog may be about to break.
THE DETAINEE will keep you guessing from the start. Peter
Liney so cleverly hides incredibly difficult things within
this story. I cannot believe the turns it takes, but am
ever
so pleased in where it goes. THE DETAINEE covers gruesome
acts of violence, yet strays from gory details; Peter
Liney
is a description genius. He even covers rather intimate
scenes without exposing the intimacy; instead he evokes
such
emotion, that I felt each drip and ounce of love.
THE
DETAINEE is definitely a book that should be read by all.
Peter Liney honed his strong narrative skills and
attention
to detail during his long career as a writer of German,
Australian, British, and South African television and
radio
programs. In his debut novel, The Detainee, Liney has
crated
a dystopian world in which the state has gone bust and can
no longer support its weakest members.
The Island is a place of hopelessness. The Island is
death.
And it is to this place that all the elderly and infirm
are
shipped, the scapegoats for the collapse of society.
There’s
no escape, not from the punishment satellites that deliver
instant judgment for any crime—including escape attempts—
and
not from the demons that come on foggy nights, when the
satellites are all but blind. But when one of the Island’s
inhabitants, the aging "Big Guy" Clancy, finds a network
of
tunnels beneath the waste, there is suddenly hope—for
love,
for escape, and for the chance to fight back.
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